| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1909 - 874 pages
...A',,-.. 0 Rose, thott 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. We see at once that a good clue to the existence of the acrostic is given by the initials of the title.... | |
| Alexander Gilchrist, Anne Burrows Gilchrist - 1863 - 366 pages
...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. V 4 THE FLY. LITTLE Fly, Thy summer's play My thoughtless hand Has brushed away. Am not I A fly like... | |
| william harrison ainsworth - 1864 - 516 pages
...Sick Rose :" Oh 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. Here, it will be allowed, we have a graceful fancy ; though not sufficient — as some short single... | |
| 1864 - 516 pages
...Sick Rose :" Oh 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. Here, it will be allowed, we have a graceful fancy ; though not sufficient —as some short single... | |
| William Blake - 1866 - 132 pages
...THE SICK ROSE. OROSE, thou art sickThe 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. NUKSE'S SONG. WHEN the voices of children are heard on the green, And whisperings are in the dale,... | |
| William Blake - 1874 - 194 pages
...SICK ROSE. OROSE, 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. NURSE'S SONG. WHEN the voices of children are heard on the green, And whisperings are in the dale,... | |
| Alexander Gilchrist - 1880 - 508 pages
...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 THE FLY. LITTLE Fly, Thy summer's play My thoughtless hand Has brushed away. Am not I A fly like thee?... | |
| Eleanor Vere Boyle - 1885 - 322 pages
...bright. Blake. 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. Blake. E wander there, we wander here, We eye the Rose upon the brier, Unmindful that the thorn is... | |
| William Blake - 1885 - 330 pages
...SICK ROSE. ROSE, thou art sick I 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. NURSE'S SONG. XX 7HEN the voices of children are heard on the " green, And whisperings are in the dale,... | |
| William Blake - 1885 - 302 pages
...down, And the dews of night arise ; V Your spring and your day are wasted in play, THE FLY. .. T ITTLE Fly, •*-"' Thy summer's play My thoughtless hand Has brushed away. Am not 1 Any like thee? Or art not thou A man like me? For I dance, And drink, and sing, Till some blind hand... | |
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