William Blake
William Blake
William Blake
William Blake
William Blake
William Blake
William Blake
William Blake
William Blake
William Blake
William Blake
William Blake
William Blake
William Blake
William Blake
William Blake
William Blake
William Blake
William Blake
William Blake
William Blake
William Blake
William Blake
William Blake
William Blake
William Blake
From Blake’s Songs of Experience. published in the 1794, this was one of the series of poems which explore the harsh realities of late 18th and early 19th Century life during the time of King George III, known — ironically given the terrible social conditions of the time — as the Romantic Era. Each...
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.
The Sick Rose was written by William Blake.