The Mind
Night and Day
From Poems, ed. Alice Meynell (1911)
The Mind
Silent, silent Night,
Quench the holy light
Of thy torches bright;
For, possessed of Day,
Thousand spirits stray
That sweet joys betray.
Why should joys be sweet
Used with deceit,
Nor with sorrows meet?
But an honest joy
Doth itself destroy
For a harlot coy.
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Blake, William. “Night and Day.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/79/.
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Blake, William. “Night and Day.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/79/.
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