Quote#Sadness
If you trap the moment before it's ripe
Quote byWilliam Blake · 1757–1827
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Poems from Blake's Notebook (c. 1791-1792), If You Trap the Moment.
English (original)
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.
— William Blake
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