R Bridges read by Classic Poetry Aloud: http://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/

Giving voice to the poetry of the past.

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Spirits by Robert Bridges (1844 – 1930)

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?

First aired: 24 December 2007

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