 That very time I saw (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 loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand...  Love's labour's lost. Midsummer night's dream - Page 24by William Shakespeare - 1788Full view - About this book
 | Theocritus - English poetry - 1836 - 450 pages
...between the cold moon and the earth, MM 398 NOTICE OF BION. Cupid all armed. A certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west; And loos'd his...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... | |
 | 1837 - 276 pages
...Cupid all armed: a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west, And loosed his lovesbaft smartly from his bow As it should pierce a hundred...chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial maiden passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy free. Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell; It fell... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1836 - 564 pages
...could'st not,) Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid, all arm'd : a certain aim he look At a fair vestal, throned by the west ; And loos'd...hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's 6ery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon ; And the imperial vot'ress passed on, In... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 554 pages
...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 from his bow, As it should...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,... | |
 | Theocritus (of Syracuse) - 1836 - 436 pages
...couldst not), Flying between the cold moon and the earth, MM Cupid nil armed. A certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west; And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from bis bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - Women - 1837 - 394 pages
...the earth, Cupid all anti'd : 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...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. And the previous... | |
 | Elizabeth Washington Wirt - Flower language - 1837 - 264 pages
...all aesn'd ; a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west, And loosM his love- shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred...hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Clueucird in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon ; And the imperial vofress passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 494 pages
...loos'd Ilia love-shaft smartly from his boа-, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : Hut I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon ; And the imperial vot'rcss passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy free." With such patronage,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1837 - 516 pages
...: a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west ; And loos'd his love-shaft 4in:irtlv from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts: But I might we youn? Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon And the un;. 1 1..! vot'ress... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...the earth, Cupid all arm'd: 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...imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.d Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell: It fell upon a little western flower, — Before,... | |
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