Pluck fruits before the light

A few lines from the pictured, and much loved, William Blake 1988 compilation:


Are not the joys of morning sweeter

Are not the joys of morning sweeter
Than the joys of night,
And are the vigrous joys of youth
Ashamed of the light?

Let age & sickness silent rob
The vineyards in the night,
But those who burn with vigrous youth
Pluck fruits before the light.

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William Blake (1757 – 1827)

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