This is a watercolor and ink illustration of a poem titled "The Sick Rose" by William Blake. The poem is written in a flowing script within a decorative border of vines, leaves, and a large rose. The rose is depicted as drooping and sickly, with dark, almost bruised petals. A worm, rendered in dark ink, is coiled around the rose's stem, seemingly consuming it. Above the rose, a small, winged figure, possibly a fairy or spirit, appears to be hovering, perhaps representing the source of the rose's affliction. The background is a wash of pale green and yellow, suggesting a stormy or unsettling atmosphere. The overall style is characteristic of Blake's romantic and symbolic work, with a focus on the interplay between beauty and decay, innocence and corruption. The poem itself speaks of a rose that is sick and whose life is being destroyed by a secret love, mirroring the visual depiction of the decaying rose and the consuming worm.