The little old Cupid | 'Twas a very small garden

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.

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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