Blake in the prime of his life, chances upon a bottle containing purple liquid with the following label:
Drink and fill of this within
And taste oils brought forth
From fruit and vine and tree now extinct.
This drop once drunk exists no more
And it unknown to all others before.
For you eternal life and immortal being
Beyond all illness, pain and shadow of death,
Drink you now.
Your soul be filled, your mind increase
And yet in body, youth and health persist.
Not one moment more shall you wait
For this drop will, in half a blink, evaporate.
Blake is faced with the opportunity of drinking the elixir and living forever or leading a normal life.
Topic: “That Blake should drink the Elixir.”
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