A bookworm (Crossley-Holland, set by A. Bliss) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


A moth devoured words. When I heard of that wonder
It struck me as a strange event
That a worm should swallow the song of some man.
A thief gorge in the darkness on a great man's
Speech of distinction. But the thievish stranger
Was not a whit the wiser for swallowing words.
And the answer: A Bookworm.

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Authorship

Kevin John William Crossley-Holland (1941-)

The Exeter Book

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

Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, Sir (1891-1975)

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