John Keats

Song. Written On A Blank Page In Beaumont And Fletcher's Works

1. Spirit here that reignest! Spirit here that painest! Spirit here that burneth! Spirit here that mourneth! Spirit! I bow My forehead low, Enshaded with thy pinions! Spirit! I look All passion struck, Into thy pale dominions! 2. Spirit here that laughest! Spirit here that quaffest! Spirit here that danceth! Spirit here that pranceth! Spirit! with thee I join in the glee, While nudging the elbow of Momus! Spirit! I flush With a Bacchanal blush, Just fresh from the banquet of Comus! Song. Written On A Blank Page In Beaumont And Fletcher's Works, Between "Cupid's Revenge" and "The Two Noble Kinsmen" 'First given among the Literary Remains in 1848 as an independent song; but included in the Aldine edition of Faery Songs. The fact that the Song was written where it was leads me to prefer the earlier arrangement. ' ~ Poetical Works of John Keats, ed. H. Buxton Forman, Crowell publ. 1895.