Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call earth. ✨ 'Com…

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Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call earth. ✨ 'Comus' (1637) l. 5
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With a smile that glow'd Celestial rosy red, love's proper hue. ✨ John Milton, Elijah Fenton (1795). Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books, p.197
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Wild above rule or art, enormous bliss. ✨ John Milton, Henry John Todd (1826). The poetical works of John Milton: With notes of various authors, p.400
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