A bookworm from Old Songs, Lullabies, Shanties etc.

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A moth devoured words. When I heard of that wonder
It struck me as a strange event
That a worm should swallow the song of some man.
A thief gorge in the darkness on a great man's
Speech of distinction. But the thievish stranger
Was not a whit the wiser for swallowing words.
And the answer: A Bookworm.