 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 - 1851 - 688 pages
...earth, Cupid all arm'db : 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 advice... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 600 pages
...earth, Cupid all arm'db : 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 advice... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - History - 1852 - 402 pages
...of her day : " I saw, 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...pierce a hundred thousand hearts:— But I might see yonng Cupid's fiery shaft Qucnch'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon; And the imperial Tot'rcss... | |
 | Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland - Queens - 1851 - 826 pages
...not,) Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all armed. A certain aim he took At a feir vestal, throned by the west, And loosed his love-shaft...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,... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - History - 1852 - 804 pages
...moon and the earth, Cupid all arm 'd : a certain aim he took At a fair Vestal, throned by the AVest ; And loosed his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As...pierce a hundred thousand hearts: — But I might sec young Cupid's fiery shaft Qucnch'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon; And the imperial vot'ress... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - Queens - 1852 - 908 pages
...certain aim he iook At a fuir vestal, throned by ihe west, And loosed bis love-shaft smartly from bis bow, As 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,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 746 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 - 1853 - 608 pages
...thou could'st 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 ^uench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon ; And the imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 532 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...hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Queneh'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon ; And the imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 508 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...hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'a in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon And the imperial vot'ress passed on, (1) A game played... | |
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