 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 430 pages
...and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders, like the moon, whose orh Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesolé, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe. His spear, to... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...round) Behind him cast! the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders, like the moon, whose orb, Thro' optic glass, the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fiesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. * The above... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 426 pages
...Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circomference Hung on his shoulders, like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesolé, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, „ J, ' Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe. His... | |
 | Rebecca Hey - 1837 - 386 pages
...mind Milton's sublime description of Satan and his warlike habiliments. After likening his shield to " the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesold," he continues in the same elevated strain to describe " His spear, to equal which the tallest... | |
 | John Milton - 1838 - 518 pages
...temper, massy, large, and round, 285 Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At ev'ning, from the top of Fesole *» optic glass] See Henry More's Poems (Inf. of Worlds): st. 91. 1... | |
 | Marguerite Countess of Blessington - Italy - 1839 - 376 pages
...Paradise Lost ? " His ponderous shield, Ethereal temper'd, massy, large, and round, Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesol£, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, 01 mountains, on her spotty globe." Who can forbear... | |
 | Edward Everett - Education - 1840 - 460 pages
...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 Tuscan artist views, At evening from the top of Fesolti, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe." Grand and... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him east ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like 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, Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe. His spear, to... | |
 | Edward Everett - Education - 1840 - 440 pages
...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 Tuscan artist views, At evening fron'i the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - Astronomy - 1841 - 486 pages
...the heavenly bodies. LETTER IV. TELESCOPE CONTINUED. -" the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of FesoH Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains, in her spotted globe." — Milton.... | |
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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 Tuscan... 
