Nature
Angel Spirits of Sleep
From Shorter Poems, Book IV
Nature
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 scattered 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?
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MLA
Bridges, Robert. “Angel Spirits of Sleep.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bridges/178/.
Chicago
Bridges, Robert. “Angel Spirits of Sleep.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bridges/178/.
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