by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956)
The little old Cupid
Language: English
'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.
Text Authorship:
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "The little old Cupid", appears in Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes, in 4. Places and People, no. 7, 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 Bainbridge Crist (1883 - 1969), "The little old Cupid", published 1917 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Victor Hely-Hutchinson (1901 - 1947), "The little old Cupid", published 1927 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], from Three Songs from "Peacock Pie" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Howard D. McKinney (b. 1890), "The little old Cupid", published <<1940, from Four Crumbs from "A Peacock Pie" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ian Venables (b. 1955), "The Little Old Cupid", op. 41 (Songs) no. 5 (2013) [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-13
Line count: 24
Word count: 105