by Marcius Willson (1813 - 1905)
Coral insects
Language: English
There are little coral insects that begin to work down on the bottom of the ocean. They build there cell after cell, one upon another, like little grains of sand. But day by day, and year by year, these little insects keep cheerfully toiling on, never stopping to rest or play until, at length, their rocky dwellings reach above the water. And in this way beautiful islands are formed and men go and dwell on them.
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Authorship:
- by Marcius Willson (1813 - 1905) [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 Rick Sowash (b. 1950), "Coral insects" [mezzo-soprano, cello, and piano], from Songs of assiduity, no. 2. [ sung text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2017-10-08
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