Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG (2), by JOHN KEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Spirit here that reignest Last Line: Just fresh from the banquet of comus. | ||||||||
[Written on a blank page in Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, between "Cupid's Revenge" and "The Two Noble Kinsmen."] I. 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. II. 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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EXTRACTS FROM AN OPERA: 2. DAISY'S SONG by JOHN KEATS ITALY SWEET TOO! by JOHN KEATS LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI by JOHN KEATS LAST SONNET (REVISED VERSION) by JOHN KEATS LINES ON THE MERMAID TAVERN by JOHN KEATS ODE ON A GRECIAN URN by JOHN KEATS |
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