 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
 | Brett Zimmerman - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 174 pages
...the mountains in the moon. Galileo on Fiesole" (115). Compare with the following from Milton's epic: the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesolè, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. (1:287-91)... | |
 | Stillman Drake - Philosophy - 1999 - 524 pages
...the glass Of Galileo, less assured, observes Imagine lands and regions in the Moon. (V, 261-263) ... the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fiesole Or in Valdarno. to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. (I. 287-291)... | |
 | Henry Roth - Fiction - 1998 - 316 pages
...on a line, forgot the burden of his troubles in its beauty. Boy, look at that about Satan's shield: Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb/ Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views . . . Galileo, Tuscan artist. ... If you could only have gone up to Galileo, and said: Hey, listen,... | |
 | Jermain G. Porter - Science - 2000 - 184 pages
...of Galileo, immortalized the discovery of his astronomer friend, comparing Satan's shield to . . . the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan...new lands, Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe. To be sure, this likeness to the earth did not prove to be so close as the early telescopic observers... | |
 | Literature - 1967 - 634 pages
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