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William Blake (1757–1827). The Poetical Works. 1908.

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If you trap the moment before it’s ripe

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IF you trap the moment before it’s ripe,

The tears of repentance you’ll certainly wipe;

But if once you let the ripe moment go,

You can never wipe off the tears of woe.