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Robert Bridges, ed. (1844–1930).  The Spirit of Man: An Anthology.  1916.
 
The Sick Rose

William Blake (1757–1827)
 
O ROSE, 1 thou art sick!
The invisible worm,
That flies in the night,
In the howling storm,
 
Has found out thy bed        5
Of crimson joy;
And his dark secret love
Does thy life destroy.
 
Note 1. Blake. The sick rose in ‘Songs of Experience’. [back]
 
 
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