The Mind

Night and Day

by William Blake 1757–1827

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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