...he 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 lauds, Rivers, or mountains,...

...He scarce had ceas'd, when the superiour Fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, Behind him...Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains on her spotty globe. His spear, (to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the...

...when compared with Milton's satan. His ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and pound, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on...Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine, Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the...

...his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air, That felt unusual weight His pond'rous shield Ethereral temper, massy, large and round, Behind him cast ;...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, Hivers, or mountains,...

...flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air, That felt unusual weight • His pond'rous shield Bthereral temper, massy, large and round, Behind him cast; the...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, Hivers, or mountains,...

...Hung on Ins shoulders like the moon, whose orb Thro optic glass the Tuscan artists view At ev'ning from the top of Fesole, • Or in Valdarno, to descry...Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great admiral, were but a wand, He walk'd with to support uneasy steps Over the burning marl To which we...

...Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, 285 Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on liis shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass...the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesol6, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe. His spear,...

...finely alludes to when he describes the shield of Satan, in the first book of his Paradise Lost. -" The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like...top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, r Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe." Sereral astronomers have given us exact maps of the moon,...

...: 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...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...

...the shield of Satan, in the first book of his inimitable Paradise Lost. Tlie broad circumference Hang on his shoulders like the Moon, whose orb Through...the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesol^, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. How admirably...