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Thou hast bewitched me, beloved

by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor From Songs of Sun and Shade (1911)

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Text

Thou hast bewitched me, beloved
English source: Marguerite Radclyffe Hall

Thou hast bewitched me, belovèd,
Till I am weaker than water,
Water that drips from the fountain,
Through thy white tapering fingers.

Yet as the waters together
Gather and grow to a torrent,
Gathers the flood of my passion,
Bearing thee forth on its bosom!

Composer

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (15 August 1875 – 1 September 1912) was a British composer and conductor.

Poet

Marguerite Radclyffe Hall

Marguerite Antonia Radclyffe Hall (12 August 1880 - 7 October 1943) was an English poet and author. She is best known for her novel The Well of Loneliness (1928).

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