 In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot, Which men call earth...  Comus: A Mask - Page 3by John Milton - 1858 - 90 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton, George Gilfillan - 1853 - 376 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 pinfold4 here, Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being, Unmindful... | |
 | Robert Bridges - Church music - 870 pages
...bright aerial spirits live insphear'd in Regions mild of calm and serene Air, Above the smoke and stirr of this dim spot, which men call Earth, and with lowthoughted care Confin'd, and pester 'd in this pin'fold here, Strive to keep up a frail, and feverish being Unmindful... | |
 | John Rylands Library - Libraries - 1922 - 592 pages
...them with the fierce and eager immersion in it; the thrill of breathing the Calm and serene air Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth, with the thrill of seeing and painting in all its lurid colouring the volcanic chaos of this " stir... | |
 | John Broadbent - Literary Criticism - 1973 - 364 pages
...eternal artifice. He doesn't want to return to the world where imagination has to start from scratch, 'the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call earth'. If one turns from the epilogue back to the Spirit's opening lines, it's clear how completely Milton... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 304 pages
...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, . . . He speaks of the tutelary deities of the region (managing to pay a compliment to the Earl of... | |
 | R. Wilcher - Literary Criticism - 1985 - 214 pages
...incarnate existence is neatly concentrated in line 38. To remain 'White and entire' while dwelling amidst 'the smoke and stir of this dim spot, / Which men call earth' (Comus, lines 5-6) is a noble spiritual ideal; but to achieve it at the cost of human spontaneity and... | |
 | Leah S. Marcus - Literary Criticism - 1989 - 340 pages
...has come but in a way which moves it progressively farther from earth: Above the smoake and stirre of this dim spot Which men call Earth, and with low-thoughted care Confin'd, and pester 'd in this pin-fold here, Strive to keep up a fraile, and feaverish being Vnmindfull... | |
 | John Milton - 1926 - 360 pages
...bright aereal Spirits live infyhear'd In Regions milde of calm and serene Ayr, Above tie smoak and slirr of this dim Spot, Which men call Earth, and with low'thoughted care Confn'd, and peeler din this pinfold here, Strive to keep up a frail, andFeaverish being UnmindMlofwe... | |
 | William Riley Parker - Poets, English - 1996 - 708 pages
...immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits l1ve insphered In reg3ons mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth, and with low-thoughted care Con lined, and pestered in this pinfold here, Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being, Unmindful... | |
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