...pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through...Valdamo, 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...

...pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through...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...

...ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and found, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders, like the moon, whose orb Through...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 equal which the...

...ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circomference Hung on his shoulders, like the moon, whose orb Through...the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesolé, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, „ J, ' Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe. His...

...divine has not been utterly lost. We find one in the famous simile of book 1 comparing Satan's shield to the moon: whose 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...

...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 Tuscan Artist views At Ev'ning, from the top of f'eso/e, Or in Valdarno, to descry new Lands, Rivers or Mountains, in her...

...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 Tuscan Artist views. (1.284-88) The second was to look at Satan himself vis-a-vis the Sun: There lands the Fiend, a spot...

...xxi. 27. 1069-76. Rev. xxi. 23, xxii. 5. 1070. spotty: cp. Milton, 'Paradise Lost,' I. 287-90: — ' 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." 1071. Perhaps the poet wrote '& also ]w-as nis neuernyjt,' ie 'And...

...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 Tuscan artist views At Fv'ning from the lop of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new Lands, Rivers or Mountains in her spotty...

...an artistic context. Though the most important exchanges between painters and astronomers involved 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,3 very little of the other celestial...