Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1826)/Songs of Experience/The Sick Rose

For works with similar titles, see The Sick Rose.
5479Songs of Experience — The Sick RoseWilliam Blake
Blake's Plate of 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.

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse