by William Blake (1757 - 1827)
If you trap the moment before it's ripe
Language: English
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.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827), no title, written 1793, appears in Notebook, in Gnomic Verses, no. 12 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Peter Dickinson (b. 1934), "The ripe moment: If you trap the moment", 1957, first performed 1959 [tenor, horn, clarinet, and bassoon], from Five Blake Songs, no. 4. [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-01-04
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Word count: 34