 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...  The English Poets - Page 333edited by - 1880Full view - About this book
 | William Lisle Bowles - 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...LANDS, " RIVERS, or MOUNTAINS, IN HER SPOTTY GLOBE." Who does not perceive the art of the poet in introducing, besides the telescope, as if conscious how... | |
 | 1822 - 788 pages
...he steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight His pond'rous shield _ 5 + , Thnr optic glass the Tuscan artists view At ev'Btng, from the top of Fesole. Or in Valdarno, to descry... | |
 | 1822 - 580 pages
...shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views "His pond'ruus shield At EVENING, FROM THE TOP OF FESOLE, Or in VALDARNO,...LANDS, RIVERS, or MOUNTAINS, IN HER SPOTTY GLOBE." Who does not perceive the art of the poet in introducing, besides the telescope, as if conscious how... | |
 | 1823 - 878 pages
...variety. He scarce had ceas'd, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him...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... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 820 pages
...his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight— — His pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, Behind him...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1823 - 306 pages
...scarce had ceased, when the superior Fiend "Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield, Etherial temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ;...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... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 354 pages
...view At ev'ning from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe. His spear (to equal which the tallest...Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ainmiral, were but a wand) He walk'd with, to support uneasy steps Over the burning marl - — •... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...height. He scarce had ceas'd, when the superior Fiend Was moving tow'rd the shore; his pond'rous shield. F / on her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine, Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the... | |
 | 1824 - 294 pages
...steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air, That felt unusual weight His pond'rous shield, • Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him...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 - 510 pages
...\Vas moving toward the shore ; hispond'ro us shield, Etherial temper, massy, large, and round, 'Aba Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on...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, on her... | |
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