 Behind him cast; the broad 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, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.  The Monthly magazine - Page 202by Monthly literary register - 1841Full view - About this book
 | John Spencer Hill - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 224 pages
...alludes to Sidereus Nuncius: 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. (1.287-91; cf. 5.261-3) There is no contradiction between Milton's attitude to Galileo and Raphael's... | |
 | C.C. Gaither - Science - 1997 - 510 pages
...Penseroso (p. 28) . . . 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. Paradise Lost Book 1, 1. 287-91 Robbins, Tom Our Moon has surrendered none of its soft charm to technology.... | |
 | Brett Zimmerman - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 174 pages
...the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesolè, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. (1:287-91) Common to both excerpts are Galileo ("the Tuscan artist"), the telescope, "Fiesole," and... | |
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