...Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At ev'ning from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry...lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. Milton, B. L Compare of mortal prowess, yet observ'd Their dread commander. He, above the rest In shape...

...fragment from "Paradise Lost" : "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 Globe" in which are swept together a hundred imaginative experiences. We sense the pensive Tuscan twilight...

...Hung on his shoulders like the Moon, whose Orb Through Optic Glass the Tuscan Artist views Ät Ev'ning from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new Lands, Rivers or Mountains in her spotty Glohe.» /j 234 ff ) Denna tavla, som Milton framkallat av månen, blir i sin tur ndvalen för en beskrivning...

...shoulders like thé Moon, whose Orb Through Optic Glass thé Tuscan Artist views At Ev'ning from thé top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new Lands, Rivers or Mountains in her spotty Globe.» /j 284 ff ) Denna tavla, som Milton framkallat av månen, blir i sin tur grundvalen för en beskrivning...

...our own little satellite, "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 Globe." Here we have the first classical scholar of his time in words of imperishable beauty acclaiming the...

...our own little satellite, "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 Globe." Here we have the first classical scholar of his time in words of imperishable beauty acclaiming the...

...astronomy in describing the moon : The moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan Artist views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno,...new lands, Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe." The rough and irregular character of its surface was one of the , matters on which Galileo insisted...

...the shield of Satan 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 globe," we catch even now an echo of the universal acclaim that greeted the celestial discoveries of GALILEO...

...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...

...Hung on his shoulders like 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 Globe. His Spear, to equal which the tallest Pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the Mast Of some great Ammiral,...