 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 Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.  The Monthly magazine - Page 202by Monthly literary register - 1841Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...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 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
...Behind him cast; the hroad 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... | |
 | 1836 - 558 pages
...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 her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn in Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great admiral, were... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 430 pages
...the moon, whose orh Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesolé, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine, Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pages
...the moon, whose orb, Thro' 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. * The above poem has been variously printed in different editions : the Editor has chosen the reading... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 470 pages
...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...Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine, Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were... | |
 | Baden Powell - 1837 - 424 pages
...since we know he had the opportunity of painting from the life : — the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the...lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.' Par. Lost, I 538. Jupiter formed the next object of examination ; and no sooner was the telescope pointed... | |
 | Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1837 - 406 pages
...same theme, and even supplied the original of the foregoing: • " The moofi, whose orb, Through optic glass, the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the...top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivera, or mountains, in her spotted globe." The " Tuscan artist" alluded to by the poet is Galileo,... | |
 | Stanhope Busby - 1837 - 132 pages
...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 Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Kivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine, Hewn on Norwegian... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1837 - 732 pages
...became blind. Milton has finely alluded to him in the lines " Like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass, the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valoamo, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe." 5. Raleigh (Sir Walter) was... | |
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