Mythology & Folklore

Song: Spirit here that reignest

by John Keats 1795–1821

From Posthumous and Fugitive Poems

Mythology & Folklore

Spirit here that reignest!
Spirit here that painest!
Spirit here that burnest!
Spirit here that mournest!
Spirit, I bow
My forehead low,
Enshaded with thy pinions.
Spirit, I look
All passion-struck
Into thy pale dominions.

Spirit here that laughest!
Spirit here that quaffest !
Spirit here that dancest !
Noble soul that prancest!
Spirit, with thee
I join in the glee
A-nudging the elbow of Momus.
Spirit, I flush
With a Bacchanal blush
Just fresh from the Banquet of Comus.

MLA

Keats, John. “Song: Spirit here that reignest.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/keats/96/.

Chicago

Keats, John. “Song: Spirit here that reignest.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/keats/96/.

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