light militia of the lower sky
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The light militia of the lower sky refers to the collective of sylphs and gnomes invoked by Pope in The Rape of the Lock (1714) to represent supernatural beings inhabiting the atmospheric realm. They serve as a poetic machinery that mediates between the human and divine spheres. The militia is depicted as a host of airy and earthy spirits that oversee human affairs.
When
- First attested
- 1714 CE
- Attested period
- 1714 – 1714
- Historical notes
- Sylphs and gnomes were introduced as supernatural machinery in Alexander Pope's 1714 poem The Rape of the Lock.
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Source passages
“by introducing the supernatural machinery of sylphs and gnomes and all the light militia of the lower sky”
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