50 Subscribers: Riddle 1

This is the first riddle, as part of my celebration reaching 50 subscribers. Put your guess in the comments below. I will be sharing the answers once we have had a week of riddle.

A moth ate words. That seemed to me a curious occurrence, when I heard of that marvel.

That this worm gulped down the utterance of a certain man. This thief in the dark ate his illustrious discourse and its tough foundation.

However, the pilfering visitor was not a whit the wiser, even though he had gulped in those words.