And with What Body Do They Come
And with What Body Do They Come - meaning Summary
Reunion After Death Questioned
The poem meditates on the arrival of spiritual beings or departed souls and the speaker’s eagerness to recognize them. Initial questions about what kind of body they will have give way to exultation when presence is affirmed as ‘‘real’’—a face and eyes to know. The imperative language ("Run—run—My Soul!" in the original) conveys urgent longing to welcome and illuminate the house. A brief allusion to Paul and Bethlehem evokes Christian ideas of revelation, recognition, and incarnation, linking personal consolation to broader religious imagery.
Read Complete Analyses‘And with what body do they come?’ – Then they do come – Rejoice! What Door – What Hour – Run – run – My Soul! Illuminate the House! ‘Body!’ Then real – a Face and Eyes – To know that it is them! Paul knew the Man that knew the News – He passed through Bethlehem –
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