John Keats

Song Written on a Blank Page in Beaumont and Fletcher's Works between 'Cupid's Revenge' and 'The Two Noble Kinsmen'

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.