 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
 | Royal Robbins - 1831 - 750 pages
...alluded to him in the lines " Like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass, the Tuscun artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Riven, or mountains, on her spotty globe." 6. Raleigh (Sir Waller) was one of the most brilliant and... | |
 | Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 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 evening from the top of Fesolé, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains... | |
 | 1832 - 440 pages
...laid open by the telescope : — " 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." A few days were spent by Galileo in rapidly reviewing the... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1833 - 518 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 the moon, whose orb Through optic ghiss the Tuscan artist views At ev'ning from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands,... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...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, 290 Rivers , or mountains , in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on... | |
 | John Milton - 1835 - 264 pages
...circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orh Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 29O Rivers or mountains, in her spotty glohe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian... | |
 | English poetry - 1836 - 558 pages
...pond'rotu shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference T.{ung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from Ihe top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains in... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 470 pages
...toward the shore ; his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and found, 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... | |
 | Stanhope Busby - English poetry - 1837 - 132 pages
...tow'rd 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, Kivers, or mountains,... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 426 pages
...ponderous shield, 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... | |
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