...way . . . // 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...

...topography 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...

...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 discoveries made in the early modern period...

...line, forgot the burden of his troubles in its beauty. Boy, look at that about Satan's shield: Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb/ Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views . . . Galileo, Tuscan artist. ... If you could only have gone up to Galileo, and said:...

...Satan's shield to . . . 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. To be sure, this likeness to the earth did not prove to be so close as the early...

...with a realm of illusion and wonder. He describes Satan's shield, whose "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 Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new Lands, Rivers or Mountains...

...taking as exemplary the following description of Satan's shield: (87) the broad circumference I lung on his shoulders like the Moon, whose Orb Through Optic Glass the Tuscan Artist views At Kv'ning from the top of Fesole, Or in \'aldarno, to descry new Lands, Rivers or Mountains...

...telescope in Paradise Lost, describing 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) The Tuscan artist is Galileo, called an artist probably for his skill...

...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.245 In sharp contrast to Milton's welcoming and positive approach to the scientific...

...circumference 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, 290 Rivers or Mountains in her spotty Globe. His Spear, to equal which the tallest Pine Hewn on Norwegian...