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Songs of Innocence and of Experience, by William Blake, [1789-1794], at sacred-texts.com


p. 39

The SICK ROSE

O Rose thou art sick.
The invisible worm,
That flies in the night
In the howling storm:

Has found out thy bed
Of crimson joy:
And his dark secret love
Does thy life destroy.


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