Like a worm in the bud

Franz Josef Haydn (1732 - 1809): She never told her love, canzonetta for voice and keyboard instrument Hob.XXVIa:34 (1794-95); lyrics by William Shakespeare (Twelfth Night, act 2, scene 4). Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano; Melvyn Tan, fortepiano.

She never told her love,
but let concealment,
like a worm in the bud,
feed on her damask cheek,
she sat,
like patience on a monument,
smiling, smiling at grief.