 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...  Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books - Page 12by John Milton - 1820 - 305 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...Fiend Was moving tow'ard the shore; his pond'rous shield} £thereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his...the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Feso!6, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, a9o Rivers or mountains on her spotty globe. His spear,... | |
 | 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...top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe." " 'His spear' is not only likened to a pine hewn in the depth... | |
 | John Milton - 1800 - 300 pages
...round, Behind him cast; the hroad circumference • Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orh Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening...top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Riven or mountains in her spotty glohe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...scarce had ceas'd when the superior Fiend Was moving tow'ard the shore ; his pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, 285 Behind him cast...top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 29* Rivers or mountains on her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 290 pages
...seat Of Atabalipa, and yet unspoil'd Guiana, whose great city Gerion's sons Call El Dorado. The moon.. ..The Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands. He has indeed been more attentive to his syllables than to his accents, and does not often offend by... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 372 pages
...air That felt unusual weight ....*..,. his pond'rons shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large and ronnd. Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optsc glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole. Or in Valdarno. to descry new... | |
 | 1806 - 346 pages
...seat Of Atabalipa, and yet unspoil'd Guiana, whose great city Gerion's sons Call ElDorado The moon the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands. He has indeed been more attentive to his syllables than to his accents, and does not often offend by... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...the shorej his pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; the brond circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...scarce had ceas'd, when the superior Fiend Was moving tow'ard the shore ; his pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, 285 Behind him cast...moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist vic\vs At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, ^96 Rivers or mountains... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 304 pages
...the dusky air That felt unusual weight His pond'rous shield Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on...the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artists view At ev'ning, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lauds, Rivers, or mountains,... | |
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