Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

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

Poems from the Rossetti MS.: Earlier Poems

Are not the joys of morning sweeter

ARE not the joys of morning sweeter

Than the joys of night?

And are the vigorous joys of youth

Ashamèd of the light?

Let age and sickness silent rob

The vineyards in the night;

But those who burn with vigorous youth

Pluck fruits before the light.