 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1814 - 188 pages
...remember. OBERON. That very time I saw (but thou could'st not,) Flying betwixt the cold earth and the moon, Cupid all arm'd : — a certain aim he took At a fair...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 votaress... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1815 - 186 pages
...ye»y U«e J sflw (buj: J.hpu coujd'sf ,np,t,) Flying betwixt the cold earth and the moon, Cupid aH arm'd: — a certain aim he took At a fair vestal,...bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts: 3ut I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the watery moon ; And the... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...song; And certain stars shot madly from thcit spheres To hear the sea-maid's music. That very time I saw (but thou couldst not) Flying between the cold...; And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, A) it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts. But I iiii^ht see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1817 - 344 pages
...time 1 saw, (but thou couldst not) Flung 1 between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all ariifd : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by...As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But 1 might see yo^ng* Cupid's fiery shaft Q«;ench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon; And the imperial... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 332 pages
...shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's musick. Puck. I remember. Obe. That very time I saw, (but thou could'st not,) Flying between the...should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon ; And the imperial vot'ress... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - Great Britain - 1818 - 544 pages
...certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. *•****#****** That very time I saw, but 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 loos'd his love-shaft smartly... | |
 | 1821 - 732 pages
...refers to Raleigh, who pronounces, with much grace, the far famed vision of Oberon. " That very time I saw, (but thou couldst not,) Flying between the...should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench' d in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon ; And the imperial vot'ress... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1821 - 350 pages
...exquisite delicacy of tact and beauty df description, the celebrated vision of Oberon. " That very time I saw, (but thou could'st not,) Flying between the...should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon ; And the imperial vot'ress... | |
 | Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1821 - 310 pages
...Flying between the cold moon and tlie earth, Cupid, all urm'd: a certain aim he took Ala tair vei-t.'l, throned by the west; And loos'd his love-shaft smartly...bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts: Bui I mij:ht see young Cupid's fiery shaft • Qutncli'd in the cliaste beams of the wat'ry moon; And... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 412 pages
...Cupid , all arm' el : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal , throned by the 'west ; And loos' (1 his love•shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste be.ims of the wat'ry moon ; And the imperial vot'ress... | |
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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... 
