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" 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. "
Blackwood's Magazine - Page 160
1834
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The Church of England quarterly review, Volume 1

1837 - 646 pages
...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...
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Remains, Volume 3

Alexander Knox - 1837 - 624 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 ;" a peculiar character has been derived to the poetry of both, which distinguishes their compositions...
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Poems

John Moultrie - English poetry - 1837 - 398 pages
...sky-cruisereaH'dthe " 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...
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The Quarterly review, Volume 51

1834 - 562 pages
...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...
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Selections from the Works of Taylor, Latimer, Hall, Milton, Barrow, South ...

Basil Montagu - Conduct of life - 1839 - 404 pages
...the 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...
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Temptation; or, A wife's perils [by C.L. Gascoigne].

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...
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Selections from the British Poets, Volume 1

English poetry - 1840 - 372 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 pester'd in this pinfold here, Strive to keep up a frail...
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Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson ...

John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live inspher'd In regions mild of calm and serene air, 4 ; and, with low-though ted care Confin'd and pester'd in this pinlbld here. Strive to keep up a frail...
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The Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2

John Wilson - English essays - 1842 - 422 pages
...elevation, all 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...
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The Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2

John Wilson - English essays - 1842 - 428 pages
...elevation, all 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...
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