 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
 | William Lisle Bowles - Poetry - 1822 - 260 pages
...admiral's mast" but " his shield " to the moon seen through a telescope!" " His pond'rous shield " 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,... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1822 - 582 pages
...complain, when you use MILTON thus ? I beseech you recollect MILTON'S image. "His pond'rons shield Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At EVFNING, FROM THE TOP OF FtSOLE, Or in VALDARNO, to DESCRY NEW LANDS, RIVERS, or MOUNTAINS,... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - Poetry - 1822 - 108 pages
...telescope!" ' 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." Who does not perceive the art of the poet in introducing,... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 820 pages
...unusual weight— — 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 ev'ning, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains,... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 878 pages
...toward 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, Hivers, or mountains,... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 638 pages
...unspoil'd Guiana, whose great city Gerion's sons Call £/ 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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...tow'rd the shore; his pond'rous shield. Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, Behind him cast ; he broad ci 0 views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains on... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...the shore ; hispond'ro us shield, Etherial temper, massy, large, and round, 'Aba Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like...moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At ev'nlng from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdamo, to descry new lands, u90 Rivers, or mountains,... | |
 | Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1824 - 294 pages
...unusual weight His pond'rous 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 artists view At ev'ning from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Kivers, or mountains,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 676 pages
...287. —like the moon, whose orb, &c.] Homer compares the Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian... | |
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