O Hollow Hollow Hollow

O Hollow Hollow Hollow is a poem by W. S. Gilbert, featured in the opera Patience, which was first performed in 1881. The poem is presented by the character Bunthorne, who describes it as a 'wild, weird, fleshy thing' that expresses the poet's yearning and disillusionment with the commonplace. Notably, Bunthorne's character has often been compared to Oscar Wilde, although recent research challenges this notion. This recording is part of the LibriVox Weekly Poetry project from January 2012.