| John Milton - 1850 - 704 pages
...shapes Of bright aerial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air. t < Above tEe smoke and stir of this dim spot, "Which men call earth; and, with low-thoughted Confined, and pester'd in this pinfold here, [care Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being, Unmindful... | |
| Periodicals - 1850 - 744 pages
...communings with the spirit of Beauty, his own Egeria of the woods and fields, — he who can lift us — " Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot, Which men call earth — " to a brighter world of loveliness and beauty, — he has the best claim to be considered a true... | |
| Electronic journals - 1892 - 688 pages
...repeat queries are requested to head the second communication " Duplicate." A DILIGENT READER. — Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call earth. Milton, ' Comns.' Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns. Wordsworth, ' Lines on Tmtern Abbey.'... | |
| Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1851 - 418 pages
...those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot, Which men call earth ; and, with low-thoughted care Confined and pestered in this pinfold here, Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being, Unmindful... | |
| William Thompson - Birds - 1851 - 528 pages
...When thus amusing themselves, these gulls may boast, that " In regions mild of calm and serene air Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth," they hold their court. The time given to this flight is not at the expense of their feeding hours,... | |
| Theology - 1851 - 592 pages
...truth, raised the minds of both to a kind of happy residence ' In regions mild, of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot, Which men call earth — ' be ridiculous to say he had no imperfections ; he felt them ; he often mourned over them, and... | |
| English poetry - 1852 - 874 pages
...those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live inspher'd In regions mild of calm and serene air, n core Confin'd and pester'd in this pinfold here. Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being. Unmindful... | |
| John Moultrie - English poetry - 1852 - 434 pages
...the " Crescent Moon," Might upon reasonable terms be got To bear my Muse and me, some afternoon, " Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot, Which men call earth ;" for I'm quite out of tune — Made hippish by eternal common-places — And business, — and uninteresting... | |
| John Milton - 1853 - 372 pages
...those immortal shapes Of bright aereal spirits live inspher'd In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot, Which men call Earth ; and, with low-thoughted care Confin'd and pester'd3 in this pinfold4 here, Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being, Unmindful... | |
| John Milton - Milton, John, 1608-1674 - 1853 - 380 pages
...immortal shapes Of bright aereal spirits live inspher'd . \ In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot, Which men call Earth ; and, with low-thoughted care Confin'd and pester'd3 in this pinfold* here, Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being, Unmindful... | |
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