 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
 | David Paul Brown - 1838 - 86 pages
...all armed; a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west, And loosed his love shafts smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred...hearts. But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 790 pages
...the earth, Cupid all arm'd: a certain aim lir took At a fair vestal, throned by the west ; And loos'd cious winners all; your exultation Partake to every one. I, an old turtle, hearb liut 1 might see young Cupid's fiery shaft (juenrh'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon ;... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1839 - 550 pages
...Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all armed. A certain aim he took At a fair vestal,1 throned by the west ; And loosed his love-shaft smartly...hearts ; But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the watery moon ; And the imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony) - 1840 - 64 pages
...Dramatist of her day : 'I saw 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...hearts ; — But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the watery moon ; And the imperial votrees passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 406 pages
...thou couldst not.) 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 loosed...a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid 's flery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon ; And the imperial voi'ress passed... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1841 - 840 pages
...aim he took, At a fair vestal, throned by the west, And loosed his lovcshaft smartly from his bow, Al it should pierce a hundred 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,... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - 1842 - 1006 pages
...(but thou couldst not), 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...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,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 pages
...(but thou couldst not), 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...hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the watery moon ; And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Sir Frederick Beilby Watson - Bible - 1843 - 264 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, Queneh'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon ; And the Imperial Vofress passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
 | Nicholas John Halpin - 1843 - 140 pages
...earth, Cupid all-armed : fa certain aim he took At a fair Vestal,* throned by the West, And loosed a love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce...hearts ; But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the wafry moon, And the Imperial Votaress passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
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