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... Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical - Page 319by Nathan Drake - 1828Full view - About this book
| Joseph Sansom - Italy - 1805 - 548 pages
...the classic eminence celebrated by Milton, when comparing the shield of Satan to the Moon, wboft orbt Through optic glass the Tuscan Artist views, At evening, from the top of FiesoU, Or in VaUarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains on her spotty globe. Here Here too... | |
| Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...the tallest pine, Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral. His ponderous shield Hung on his shoulders, like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass ¿he Tuscan artist views At evening ; when the moon rises; and, in converting Satan into Swaran, it... | |
| 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
...the shore ; his pond'rous shield, Ethereal 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 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 - 308 pages
...seat Of Ataballfa, and yet unspoil'd Guiana, whose great city Gerion'a sons Call El Dorado The moon The Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands. i He has, indeed, been more attentive to his syllables than to his accents, and does not often offend... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 304 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 lauds, Rivers, or mountains,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 302 pages
...poud'rous shield Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hun« 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, Rivers, or mountains,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 308 pages
...Of Atabalifa, and yet unspoil'd Guiana, whose great city Geriou's sons Call El Dorado — The moon The Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole Or in faUarno, to descry new lands.—— He has, indeed, been more attentive to his syllables than to his... | |
| William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...toward the shore ; his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the...Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains on her spotty globe. His spear, (to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the... | |
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