Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry. 1904.
Poems of Sentiment: II. LifeOpportunity
William Blake (17571827)H
Does the wingèd life destroy;
But he who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in eternity’s sunrise.
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.