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Poemsby William Blake

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.