← Archive Commission a cinematic poem ↗ Songs of Experience · Complete contents ↗ The Sick Rose · 9 of 27 sections Songs of Experience — Introduction Songs of Experience — Earth'S Answer Songs of Experience — The Clod And The Pebble Songs of Experience — Holy Thursday Songs of Experience — The Little Girl Lost Songs of Experience — The Little Girl Found Songs of Experience — The Chimney Sweeper Songs of Experience — Nurse'S Song Songs of Experience — The Sick Rose Songs of Experience — The Fly Songs of Experience — The Angel Songs of Experience — The Tyger Songs of Experience — My Pretty Rose Tree Songs of Experience — Ah Sunflower Songs of Experience — The Lily Songs of Experience — The Garden Of Love Songs of Experience — The Little Vagabond Songs of Experience — London Songs of Experience — The Human Abstract Songs of Experience — Infant Sorrow Songs of Experience — A Poison Tree Songs of Experience — A Little Boy Lost Songs of Experience — A Little Girl Lost Songs of Experience — The Schoolboy Songs of Experience — To Tirzah Songs of Experience — The Voice Of The Ancient Bard Songs of Experience — A Divine Image Songs of Experience — The Sick Rose William Blake
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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Songs of Experience · Complete contents ↗ The Sick Rose · 9 of 27 sections Songs of Experience — Introduction Songs of Experience — Earth'S Answer Songs of Experience — The Clod And The Pebble Songs of Experience — Holy Thursday Songs of Experience — The Little Girl Lost Songs of Experience — The Little Girl Found Songs of Experience — The Chimney Sweeper Songs of Experience — Nurse'S Song Songs of Experience — The Sick Rose Songs of Experience — The Fly Songs of Experience — The Angel Songs of Experience — The Tyger Songs of Experience — My Pretty Rose Tree Songs of Experience — Ah Sunflower Songs of Experience — The Lily Songs of Experience — The Garden Of Love Songs of Experience — The Little Vagabond Songs of Experience — London Songs of Experience — The Human Abstract Songs of Experience — Infant Sorrow Songs of Experience — A Poison Tree Songs of Experience — A Little Boy Lost Songs of Experience — A Little Girl Lost Songs of Experience — The Schoolboy Songs of Experience — To Tirzah Songs of Experience — The Voice Of The Ancient Bard Songs of Experience — A Divine Image All poems under this collection heading in the cited historic source edition; edition ordering and contents are preserved.Read the original source ↗
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