You lay so still in the Sunshine by Marguerite Radclyffe-Hall
You lay so still in the sunshine
So still in that hot sweet hour
That the timid things of the forest land
Came close; a butterfly lit on your hand
Mistaking it for a flow’r
You scarcely breath’d in your slumber
So dreamless it was, so deep,
While the warm air stirr’d in my veins like wine
The air that had blown thro’ a jasmine vine,
But you slept and I let you sleep
Learn about Samuel Coleridge-Taylor here.
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What a lovely discovery! BTW: a week ago we went on a walk around Croydon to mark the September 1 centenary of SC-T’s death. Short report at: http://sct100pmcollective.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/coleridge-taylor-death-centenary.html
This is a lovely sensitive performance, quite beautiful.
You’re welcome! There’s some more to come, but I will wait a little, so this doesn’t turn into a pure SCT-site 😉
More SCT! You are spoiling me! Thanks so much for this beautiful song.