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William Blake (1757–1827). The Poetical Works. 1908.

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.