 Flying between the cold moon and 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 I might see young Cupid's fiery...  Kenilworth - Page 241by Walter Scott - 1836Full view - About this book
 | Henry Phillips - Botany - 1829 - 398 pages
...smartly from his bow, As it would pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon ; And the imperial votaress pass'd on, In maiden meditation, fancy free. Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell :—... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 420 pages
...As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench 'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon ; And the imperial votress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free :' ' fancy-free :] ie Exempt from the power of love. — The whole of this Yet mark'd I... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1831 - 542 pages
...his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's бегу shan eare fancy-free.1 Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It fell upon a little western flower,— Before,... | |
 | Pierce Egan - Sports - 1832 - 432 pages
...smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts ; But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon...vot'ress passed on. In maiden meditation, fancy free. Yet m.irk'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell ; It fell upon a little western flower, Before milt white... | |
 | John Timbs - 1832 - 442 pages
...smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon;...imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancv free. Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell ; It fell upon a little western flower, Before... | |
 | Pierce Egan - Amusements - 1832 - 426 pages
...from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand heactfl ; But 1 might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon ; And the imperial vot're?s passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy free. Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell ; It... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 874 pages
...thousand hearts. But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy free. Yet marked I where the bolt of Cupid fell, It fell upon a little western flower ; Before milk white,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1833 - 1140 pages
...smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts: But I might see young Cupid's fiery 1pd8 { fancy-free: 28) Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell: It fell upon a little western flower, —... | |
 | Frederic Shoberl - Flower language - 1835 - 406 pages
...As it should pierce a hundred thousand 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, fancy-free. Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It fell upon a little western flower, Before... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 246 pages
...smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon...vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy free." With such patronage, and such skill to avail himself of it, it is not matter of surprise that our poet,... | |
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