Random book from our home library:
📖 Songs of Innocence and of Experience (Illustrated Throughout in Full Colour) by William Blake
"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
I like faded flowers, though these are starting to get a bit Miss Haversham, so I should probably throw them out now ?
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+20 (10 for photo, 5 for post, 5 for book)
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This turned out to be a wintry read, which I didn't know going in (I just needed it for my 50 Horror States challenge). This is not a happy read, but it counterbalanced some of the Hallmark movie vibes my other reads and movies give.
pickChallenging at times without explanatory notes but interesting nonetheless especially with some of his letters for context.
The wanton Boy that kills the Fly
Shall feel the Spider‘s enmity.
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