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... The Poetical Works of John Milton - Page 26by John Milton - 1875 - 455 pagesFull view - About this book
| Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...art, and discerned from places whose names are music ' Like the moon whose orb Through oplic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the...Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe." " 'His spear' is not only likened to a pine hewn in the depth of mountain forests, but, as if the sublimest references... | |
| 1806 - 408 pages
...whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist viewsAt evening from the top of Fesol^, Or in Naldarno, to descry new lands. Rivers or mountains, in her spotty...Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand. He walk'cl with to support uneasy steps Over the burning marie. SATAN'S PRD-EMINLNCE... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the Moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from...Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand, He walk'd with, to support uneasy steps Over the burning marie, not like... | |
| Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1810 - 306 pages
...view At ev'ning, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Hivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe. His spear (to equal which the tallest...walk'd with, to support uneasy steps Over the burning marl To which we may add his call to the fallen angels that lay plunged and stupified in the sea of... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 312 pages
...Valdarno, to descry new lands, Hivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe. His spear (to equal whicli the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the...walk'd with, to support uneasy steps Over the burning marl* To which we may add his call to the fallen angels that lay plunged and stupified in... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1811 - 514 pages
...Hung on Ins shoulders like the moon, whose orb Thro optic glass the Tuscan artists view At ev'ning from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry...walk'd with to support uneasy steps Over the burning marl To which we may add his call to the fallen angels, that lay plunged and stupified in the sea of... | |
| John Milton - 1813 - 342 pages
...the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesol6, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe. His spear,...the mast Of some great admiral, were but a wand, He \v IkM with, to support uneasy steps 295 Over the burning marie, not like those steps On Heaven's azure;... | |
| John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the Moon, whose orb Tlirough , I suppose : All scribbled in the worst of-times,...crimes ; To praise queen Anne, nay more, defend her, with the tallest pine Hewn on'Norwegian hills, to foe the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand,... | |
| William Lisle Bowles - 1820 - 66 pages
...MIL" TON'S image. " ' His pond'rous shield, ' Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb ' Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views 'At EVENING, FROM...LANDS, ' RIVERS, or MOUNTAINS, IN HER SPOTTY GLOBE.' " Who does not perceive the art of the poet in introducing, besides the telescope, as if conscious... | |
| Abraham John Valpy - 1820 - 614 pages
...Inquisition." " The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb, Through optic glass, the Tuscan artist views At evening, from...lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe." -" As when by night the glass Of Galileo, less assured, observes Imagined land and regions in the moon."... | |
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