by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956)
All but blind
Language: English
All but blind In his chambered hole Gropes for worms The four-clawed Mole. All but blind In the evening sky The hooded Bat Twirls softly by. All but blind In the burning day The Barn-Owl blunders On her way. And blind as are These three to me, So, blind to Some-one I must be.
Text Authorship:
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "All but blind", appears in Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes, in 5. Beasts, no. 4, first published 1913 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Juliana Hall (b. 1958), "All but blind", 1989, first performed 1995 [ tenor and piano ], from Peacock Pie -- 20 songs for Tenor and Piano, no. 15 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2014-03-25
Line count: 16
Word count: 54