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...The worms they crept in and the worms they crept out
   And sported his eyes and his temples about
   While the spectre addressed Imogene....

From "Alonzo the Brave and the fair Imogine" as sung by Sam Cowell in the mid-19th Century. It was a poem written by Matthew Gregory Lewis around 1790.
I like to sing it but it's hard to find anyone willing to sit still long enough these days.
Cheers, Joy