 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
 | Nicholas John Halphin - 1843 - 136 pages
...earth, Cupid all-armed: f a 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,... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 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 watery moon ; And the imperial... | |
 | Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland - Great Britain - 1844 - 532 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 - 1844 - 554 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,... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - Love poetry - 1844 - 384 pages
...thou couldst not,) Cupid all arm'd: a certain aim he took Flying between the cold moon and the earth, At a fair Vestal, throned by the West, And loosed...should pierce a hundred thousand hearts; But I might sec young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon; And the imperial vot'ress... | |
 | 1893 - 846 pages
...but thou could'st not — Flying between the pale moon and the Cupid, all armed : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west. And loosed...bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts. Here you see that Shakespeare describes Cupid in the purely fanciful and decorative style suitable... | |
 | Joseph Hunter - 1845 - 456 pages
...the earth, Cupid all iirm'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...hundred thousand hearts; But I might see young Cupid's ticry shaft Quench M in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon, And the imperial vot'rcss pnsscd on In... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 372 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 pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might seen young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench' d in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon : And the imperial... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 278 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 I might seen young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench''d in the chaste beams of the wafry moon : And the imperial votaress... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 278 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 I might seen young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the wafry moon : And the imperial votaress... | |
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