amid, midmost, here we are, here we come

 
California, Here We Come?
 
By PAUL KRUGMAN November 27, 2013 
 

It goes without saying that the rollout of Obamacare was an epic disaster. But what kind of disaster was it? Was it a failure of management, messing up the initial implementation of a fundamentally sound policy? Or was it a demonstration that the Affordable Care Act is inherently unworkable?

To lead you out of all this strife and storm;
When of some beauty we are grown a part
Till from its very glory's midmost heart
Out leaps a sudden beam of larger light
Into our souls. All things are seen aright

 Amid the blinding pillar of its gold,
Seven times more true than what for truth we hold
In vulgar hours. The miracle is done
And for one little moment we are one
With the eternal stream of loveliness
That flows so calm, aloft from all distress

amid

Syllabification: (a·mid)

Pronunciation: /əˈmid/

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preposition

• surrounded by; in the middle of:our dream home, set amid magnificent rolling countryside
• in an atmosphere or against a background of:talks broke down amid accusations of a hostile takeover bid

Origin:

Middle English amidde(s)

midmost

Syllabification: (mid·most)

Pronunciation: /ˈmidˌmōst/

adjective & adverb

literary

in the very middle or nearest the middle.

here we are

said on arrival at one’s destination.