 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...  Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books - Page 6by John Milton - 1826 - 294 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 292 pages
...DOWNFALL. He scarce had ceas'd, when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore, his ponderous shield Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his...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. His spear, to... | |
 | 1845 - 608 pages
...to exercise an indescribable charm over the imagination : for instance — Satan's shield — <r " The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like...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. His spear,... | |
 | John George Cochrane - 1845 - 562 pages
...found to exercise an indescribable charm over the imagination: for instance — Satan's shield — " The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like...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. His spear,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...solid, as the lake with liquid fire. His ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on...the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist5 views At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno,6 to descry new lands, Rivers, or... | |
 | John Burke, Bernard Burke - Genealogy - 1848 - 636 pages
...tow'rd the shore ; his pond'rons shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him east ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like...the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe. His spear,... | |
 | John Milton - 1847 - 604 pages
...amazed ; No wonder, fallen such a pernicious highth." He scarce had ceased when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield Ethereal...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... | |
 | James Caughey - Methodist Church - 1847 - 376 pages
...and astronomical discoveries. — " His ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through...the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe." The vigilant... | |
 | sir Francis Palgrave - 1847 - 690 pages
...those observations on the moon to which Milton alludes, when saying that Satan's shield — " Hung o'er his shoulders like the moon whose orb Through optic...the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fieso'e, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands. Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe." The tower... | |
 | John Milton, Edward Young - 1848 - 600 pages
...amazed . No wonder, fallen such a pernicious height. He scarce had ceased, when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield, Ethereal...moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist viowB At Evening from the top of Fesol6, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers, or mountains,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1848 - 468 pages
...Bowles's Invariable Principles, p. 15.] -" His ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on...the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole', Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe. His spear,... | |
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