Spirit Here That Reignest
Spirit Here That Reignest - meaning Summary
A Spirit of Joy and Grief
The poem is an invocation to a protean "Spirit" that embodies contrasting moods—pain, grief, laughter, and revelry. The speaker alternates reverent submission and playful participation, bowing in the spirit's solemn realms then joining its dances and feasts. Classical allusions to Momus and Comus emphasize mockery and bacchanalian celebration, signaling that the spirit unites serious, mournful feeling with raucous, communal joy.
Read Complete AnalysesSpirit 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! 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!
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