 | 1835 - 254 pages
...which clogs the aspirations of ordinary mortals in this "gross material world;" to have his " mansion" where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits...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)... | |
 | 1835 - 440 pages
...of religious enthusiasm, but which, in 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 — ' a peculiar character has been derived to the poetry of them both, which distinguishes their compositions... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 726 pages
...religious enthusiasm, but which in truth raised the minds of both to a kind of happy residence " Tn 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... | |
 | Alexander Knox - 1837 - 624 pages
...of religious enthusiasm, but which in 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 ;" a peculiar character has been derived to the poetry of both, which distinguishes their compositions... | |
 | 1837 - 646 pages
...transport them to academic bowers, and nooks made 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 Milton - 1838 - 496 pages
...The Lady ALICE EGERTOH. COMUS, A MASK. THE FIRST SCENE DISCOVERS A WILD WOOD. The Attendant SPIRIT descends or enters* BEFORE the starry threshold of...those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live inspher'd In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot, 5 Which... | |
 | 1834 - 562 pages
...reasoning is undisturbed by the prospect of its practical consequences. If they theorize, they do so ' In regions mild, of calm and serene air, Above the...smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call earth.' Their course of action is not perturbed by the powers of philosophic thought, even when the latter... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1839 - 404 pages
...not the pleasures of imagination enable the niiud tit indulge its delight in aspiring to perfection? In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1839 - 496 pages
...brother. The Lady ALSCE EGERTON. COMUS, A MASK THE FIRST SCENE DISCOVERS A WILD WOOD. The Attendant SPIRIT descends or enters* BEFORE the starry threshold of...those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live inspher'd In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot, 5 Which... | |
 | British and foreign young men's society - 1839 - 216 pages
...some reflections on the moral it conveys. The spirit's prologue opens in a very dignified manner : " Before the starry threshold of Jove's court My mansion...those immortal shapes 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... | |
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BEFORE the starry threshold of Jove's court /My mansion is, where 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... 
