Poem by William Blake

Songs of Experience. 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.

1. Songs of Experience. The Little Girl Found
2. The Invocation
3. Songs of Experience. The Chimney Sweeper
4. To Thomas Butts
5. A Divine Image

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