...high poetry must be religious ; and so it is, for its whole language is breathing of a life " above the smoke and stir of this dim spot which men call earth ; " and the feelings, impulses, motives, aspirations, obligations, duties, privileges, which it shadows...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...The Definition and Preservation of Living Systems Gaian Views DORION SAGAN AND LYNN MARGULIS Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth. —John Milton (1608-1674) THE GAIAN VIEW — or rather Gaian views, since they have begun to be analyzed...

...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...

...protection. 7468 Comus Before the starry threshold of Jove's Court My manslon is. 7469 Comus Above ne 7470 Comus Yet some there be that by due steps aspire To lay their just hands on that golden key That...

...perplex the male mind and is thus able to theorize "In regions mild, of calm and serene air, / Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot / Which men call earth." (65) Referring to the male tendency to be mystified by conflict and complexity, Whewell asserts: character...