 He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the...  La Belle Assemblée - Page 41810Full view - About this book
 | Asa Mahan - Psychology - 1845 - 348 pages
...towards the shore ; his pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like...moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 280 pages
...ceas'd, when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore, his ponderous shield Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like...moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains in... | |
 | Verlyn Klinkenborg, Herbert Cahoon, Pierpont Morgan Library - Antiques & Collectibles - 1981 - 274 pages
...circumference]/ Hung on his shoulders like the moon whose orb/ Through optick glasse the Tuscan Artist views/ At evening from the top of Fesole,/ Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands,/ Rivers or•Mountaines in her spotty globe./ His speare, to equall which the tallest pine/ Hewn on... | |
 | Maria Alicia Amadei-Pulice - Literary Criticism - 1990 - 276 pages
...moving toward the shore; his ponderous shield Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the Moon, whose Orb Through Optic Class the Tuscan Artist viejos M Ev'ningfrom the top of Pesóle, Or in Valdarno, to descry new Lanas,... | |
 | Leonard Barkan - Philosophy - 1991 - 188 pages
...toward the shore; his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like...Moon, whose Orb Through Optic Glass the Tuscan Artist views At Ev'ning, from the top of f'eso/e, Or in Valdarno, to descry new Lands, Rivers or Mountains,... | |
 | A. B. Chambers - Literary Criticism - 2010 - 221 pages
...vis-a-vis the moon: his ponderous shield Ethereal temper, massy, large and round. Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like...Moon, whose Orb Through Optic Glass the Tuscan Artist views. (1.284-88) The second was to look at Satan himself vis-a-vis the Sun: There lands the Fiend,... | |
 | Israel Gollancz - 1921 - 364 pages
...Milton, 'Paradise Lost,' I. 287-90: — ' The moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands." 1071. Perhaps the poet wrote '& also ]w-as nis neuernyjt,' ie 'And also where is never night, why should... | |
 | Valeria Finucci, Regina Schwartz - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 281 pages
...moving toward the shore; his ponderous shield Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like...Moon, whose Orb Through Optic Glass the Tuscan artist views At Fv'ning from the lop of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new Lands, Rivers or Mountains in... | |
 | Norman Klassen - Poetry - 1995 - 242 pages
...the ways sight conveys a tension, in no way limited to theology alone, between love and knowledge. At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. John Milton, Paradise Lost, in John Milton, ed. Stephen... | |
 | William Riley Parker - Poets, English - 1996 - 708 pages
...back on seventy-five stirring years, but never again through his marvellous telescope view the moon At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe." In the invigorating sunshine of Italian culture there were... | |
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