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?

by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844-1930) , no title, from The Shorter Poems of Robert Bridges, published 1890

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Edgar Leslie Bainton (1880-1956) , "Angel spirits of sleep", published <<1940.
by Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979) , "Spirits", 1909?
by James McDonald Gayfer (1916-) , "Angel spirits of sleep", published 1970 [medium voice, piano], from Three Songs
by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874-1949) , "Angel spirits of sleep", 1935 [women's chorus a cappella], from Five Part-Songs for Women's Choir, Set I, no. ?
by Gustav Holst (1874-1934) , "Angel spirits of sleep", op. 44 no. 3, H. 162 no. 3, published 1926, 1974 [SSA chorus and strings], from Seven Partsongs, no. 3.
by Gustav Holst (1874-1934) , "Angel spirits of sleep", published 1974. [ssa and strings]
by Hamish MacCunn (1868-1916) , "Angel spirits of sleep", published <<1940 [voice and piano], from Six songs, no. ?
by Cyril Bradley Rootham (1875-1938) , "Angel spirits of sleep", published 1910 [satb and orchestra or piano], from In Highland and Meadow, no. ?
by (James) Healey Willan (1880-1968) , "Angel spirits of sleep", published 1927. [ssa and piano]

Date added to the website: 2007-06-22.

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