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
| Religion - 1835 - 440 pages
...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 — ' a peculiar character has been derived to the poetry of them both, which distinguishes their compositions... | |
| Gift books - 1835 - 254 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. The impersonations of his mind (stored as it is with the most popular fictions of poetical mythology)... | |
| Alexander Knox - 1837 - 624 pages
...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 ;" a peculiar character has been derived to the poetry of both, which distinguishes their compositions... | |
| 1837 - 646 pages
...holy by sublime associations. We will accompany them " To regions mild, of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot, Which men call earth." They shall hold converse with the mighty minds of the departed, with Plato and with Milton, with Taylor... | |
| John Moultrie - English poetry - 1837 - 398 pages
...Crescent Moon," Might, upon reasonable terms, he 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... | |
| Basil Montagu - Conduct of life - 1839 - 404 pages
...niiud tit indulge its delight in aspiring to perfection? 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... | |
| Caroline Leigh Gascoigne - 1839 - 920 pages
...glorious heavens, and longed to soar above to the bright stars which looked down so radiantly, upon " The smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call earth." This little chamber was full of sweet and happy recollections; and though she returned to it an altered... | |
| British and foreign young men's society - 1839 - 216 pages
...Of bright aerial spirits live inspher'd In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke aud stir of this dim spot, Which men call Earth, and with lowthoughted tare Confin'd and pester'd in this pinfold here, Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being, Unmindful... | |
| William Wilberforce - Abolitionists - 1840 - 558 pages
...resides " Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot That men call earth ; and with low-thoughted care Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being, Unmindful...crown that virtue gives After this mortal change." But I am ashamed of having said so much in depreciation of a work entitled to very high praise. I trust... | |
| Fitz-Greene Halleck - English poetry - 1840 - 372 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 ; and, with lo w-thoughted care Confined and pester'd in this pinfold here, Strive to keep up a frail and feverish... | |
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