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
| British poets - 1822 - 302 pages
...toward the shore : his ponderous shield, Etherial 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 Fesol6, Or in Valdarno ; to descry new... | |
| 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 the...top of Fesole. Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Hivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. Milton, Book i. Thus far these beyond Compare of mortal... | |
| John Milton - 1823 - 306 pages
...toward the shore : his ponderous shield, Etherial temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the...orb ? Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At Everting from the top of Fesol6, Or in Vnldunio, to descry new lands, ' Rivers, or mountains, in her... | |
| British essayists - 1823 - 820 pages
...weight— — His pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the...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, in her... | |
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 638 pages
...Of Atabalipa, and yet 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... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English essays - 1823 - 458 pages
...seat Of Atabalipa, and yet unspoil'd Guiana, whose great city Gerion't sons Call El Dorado The moon The Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole Or in Valdamo, to descry new lands. He has indeed been more attentive to his syllables than to his accents,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 490 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 Valdamo, to descry new lands. He has indeed been more attentive to his syllables than to his accents,... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - Authors, English - 1823 - 514 pages
...poem. Of Atabalipa, and yet unspoil'd Guiana, whose great city Gerion'i sons Call El Dorado. The moon The Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole Or in Valdamo, to descry new lands. He has indeed been more attentive to his syllables than to his accents,... | |
| James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 354 pages
...pond'rous shield Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, Behind him c-.st; the broad circumference Hung ou 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,... | |
| James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 384 pages
...jttabalipa, 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 Valdaruo, to descry new lands. He has, indeed, been more attentive to his syllables than to his accents,... | |
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