Classics 18th Century 19th Century 1 minThe Sick RoseWilliam BlakeWilliam Blake English poet, painter and printmaker, William Blake was largely disregarded during his lifetime. However, he is nowadays recognized as the earliest and most original of all Romantic poets.Blake ... [+]O Rose thou art sick:The invisible worm,That flies in the nightIn the howling storm,Has found out thy bedOf crimson joy;And his dark secret loveDoes thy life destroy.