The little old Cupid (Mare, set by B. Crist, C. Hely-Hutchinson, H. McKinney) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


'Twas a very small garden;
The paths were of stone,
Scattered with leaves,
With moss overgrown;
And a little old Cupid
Stood under a tree,
With a small broken bow
He stood aiming at me.

The dog-rose in briars
Hung over the weeds,
The air was aflock
With the floating of seed,
And a little old Cupid
Stood under a tree,
With a small broken bow
He stood aiming at me.

The dovecote was tumbling,
The fountain dry,
A wind in the orchard
Went whispering by;
And a little old Cupid
Stood under a tree,
With a small broken bow
He stood aiming at me.

Authorship

Walter de la Mare (1873-1956)

Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Bainbridge Crist (1883-1969)

Christian Victor Hely-Hutchinson (1901-1947)

Three Songs from "Peacock Pie"

Howard D. McKinney (1890-)

Four Crumbs from "A Peacock Pie"

Date added to the website: 2008-01-13.

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