 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
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1849 - 688 pages
...(but 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...hearts , But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench 'd by the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votaress passed on In maiden meditation... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1849 - 714 pages
...the earth, Cupid all armed. 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...thousand hearts. But I might see young Cupid's fiery shafts Quenched in the chaste beams of the watery moon ; And the imperial votaress passed on In maiden... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1867 - 696 pages
...the earth, Cupid, all armed : 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." Cupid Antinous is with Scotia Mary. Tie has his bow and arrows, but " Sagitta " with the valentine... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1850 - 556 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 votaress passed on. In maiden meditation,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1850 - 586 pages
...the earth, Cupid all armed. A certain aim he took 8C. U.] MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM. 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,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 772 pages
...(but thou could'st 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 vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
 | John Celivergos Zachos - Elocution - 1851 - 570 pages
...(but, thou eouldst 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 wat'ry moon: And the imperial votress passed on In maiden meditation,... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - 1851 - 820 pages
...(but them 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...hundred thousand hearts: But I might see young Cupid's flery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votress passed on, In... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 540 pages
...the earth, Cupid all arm'd: a certain aim betook At a fair vestal, throned by the \\ est; And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts: lint I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft <Juench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon; And the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 606 pages
...earth, Cupid all arm'dh : 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 : • Fairy. This epithet is not found in modern editions, being rejected by Steevens — " By the... | |
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