...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...

...the printed editions. We are left without its guidance to a passage that may have another meaning: with low-thoughted care Confined and pestered in this pinfold here, Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being, Unmindful of the crown that Virtue gives After this mortal change, to...

...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...

...PARTI 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...

...court My mans1on is, where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits l1ve insphered In reg3ons mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir...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...

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

...foreshown by the master of English song: Before the starry threshold of Jove's Court My mansion is, where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live...stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth, and with low thoughted care Confined and pestered 1n th1s p1nfold here Strive to keep up a frail and feverish...

...female mind is elevated above the conflicts that perplex the male mind and is thus able to theorize "In regions mild, of calm and serene air, / Above...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...

...My mansion is, where those immortal shapes0 Of bright aerial spirits live ensphered0 In regions m1ld of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of...low-thoughted care Confined, and pestered in this pinfold here,0 Strive to keep up a frail, and feverfch being Unmindful of the crown that virtue gives After...

...bright aereal Spirits live insphear'd In Regions milde of calm and serene Ayr, Above the smoak and stirr of this dim spot, Which men call Earth, and with low-thoughted care Confin'd, and pester'd in this pin-fold here, (11. 1-7) Unlike Sabrina, the Attendant Spirit has no...