Poem by Robert Seymour Bridges

Shorter Poems. Book IV. 18. “Angel Spirits of Sleep”

Angel spirits of sleep,
White-robed, with silver hair,
In your meadows fair,
Where the willows weep,
And the sad moonbeam
On the gliding stream
Writes her scatter'd dream:

  Angel spirits of sleep,
Dancing to the weir
In the hollow roar
Of its waters deep;
Know ye how men say
That ye haunt no more
Isle and grassy shore
With your moonlit play;
That ye dance not here,
White-robed spirits of sleep,
All the summer night
Threading dances light? 

1. Shorter Poems. Book IV. 7. “Gáy Róbin Is Seen No More”
2. Shorter Poems. Book II. 11. Dejection
3. Shorter Poems. Book V. 13. “A Song of My Heart, as the Sun Peered o’er the Sea”
4. Shorter Poems. Book V. 3. “Since to Be Loved Endures”
5. Shorter Poems. Book V. 15. “The north wind came up yesternight”

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