 Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all armed : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west ; And loosed his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery...  Waverley Novels: Kenilworth. The pirate - Page 143by Walter Scott - 1844Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 384 pages
...His horse is slain, and all on foot he fights." At a fair vestal, throned by the west ; s And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should...hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft <}uench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon ; And the imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 384 pages
...not seem forsaken." Again, in King Richard III: At a fair vestal, throned by the west;s And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should...thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shafi Quench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon ; And the imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 472 pages
...the earth, Cupid all arm'd : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west; And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts: But 1 might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon ; And the imperial... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1814 - 216 pages
...moon, Cupid all arm'd: — a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west, And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should...hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the watery moon ; And the imperial votaress pass'd on, In maiden meditation,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1815 - 186 pages
...the moon, Cupid aH arm'd: — a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west, And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts: 3ut I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the watery moon ; And the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1817 - 344 pages
...earth, Cupid all ariifd : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west ; And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But 1 might see yo^ng* Cupid's fiery shaft Q«;ench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon; And the imperial... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - Great Britain - 1818 - 544 pages
...the earth, Cupid all-arm'd : a certain aim he took At a fair Vestal throned by the West, And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should...see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beanie of the watry moon, And the Imperial Votress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free." Midsummer... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1819 - 560 pages
...earth, Cupid all iinn 'il : a certain ami he took Ata fair vestal, throned by the west ; And Icos'd liis love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : liut I might sec young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon ; And... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 412 pages
...Cupid , all arm' el : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal , throned by the 'west ; And loos' (1 his love•shaft smartly from his bow, As it should...see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste be.ims of the wat'ry moon ; And the imperial vot'ress passed on < In maiden meditation , fancy free.... | |
 | 1821 - 732 pages
...earth, Cupid, all arm'd : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west ; And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should...hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench' d in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon ; And the imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
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