by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Indifference
Language: English
In loopsy links the canker crawls, Tads twiddle in their 'polian gleee, Yet sinks my heart as water falls, The loon that laughs, the babe that bawls, The wedding wear, the funeral palls, Are neither here nor there to me. Of life the mingled wine and brine I sit and sip pipslipsily.
This anonymous text is cited in Metamathematical Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern, Douglas R. Hofstadter (Basic Books, New York, 1985), in a chapter titled "Stuff and Nonsense," p. 214.
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Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Indifference", 2010 [medium voice or low voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2011-12-28
Line count: 8
Word count: 52