And now the lofty telescope, the scale By which they venture Heav'n itself t' assail, Was raised, and planted full against the Moon.


The Poetical Works of Samuel Butler (Volume 2), Elephant in the Moon

Samuel Butler Quotes

And now the lofty telescope, the scale By which they venture Heav'n itself t' assail, Was raised, and planted full against the Moon.

And now the lofty telescope, the scale By which they venture Heav'n itself t' assail, Was raised, and planted full against the Moon.

And now the lofty telescope, the scale By which they venture Heav'n itself t' assail, Was raised, and planted full against the Moon.

And now the lofty telescope, the scale By which they venture Heav'n itself t' assail, Was raised, and planted full against the Moon.