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
| 1827 - 402 pages
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| Nathan Drake - 1828 - 358 pages
...distinctly alluded to him : thus in the first book, when describing the shield of Satan, he says, its , broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the...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. And again in... | |
| Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - Europe - 1829 - 532 pages
...Fiend Was moving towards the shore ; his pond'rous shield, Etherial 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." classical... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...Fiend Was moving to'ward the shore ; his pond'roua shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, 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... | |
| John Milton - 1831 - 328 pages
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| John Milton - 1831 - 306 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...orb , Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views O<M'*.5% At Evening from the top of Fesole, & Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers, or mountains,... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1831 - 328 pages
...fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on...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 spotty... | |
| Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 pages
...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...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,... | |
| John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...pernicious highth.' He scarce had ceas'd, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore: his pond'rons shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round,...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,... | |
| François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 470 pages
...fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and found, 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 in her spotty globe. His spear, to... | |
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