Poem by William Blake

Songs of Experience. The Lily

The modest Rose puts forth a thorn,
The humble sheep a threat'ning horn:
While the Lily white shall in love delight,
Nor a thorn nor a threat stain her beauty bright. 

1. Songs of Experience. Nurse's Song
2. Epigram
3. Songs of Experience. The Little Girl Found
4. A Divine Image
5. Songs of Experience. The Sick Rose

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