 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 hearts: But I might see young Cupid's fiery...  Kenilworth;: A Romance - Page 134by Sir Walter Scott - 1821 - 351 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 384 pages
...Richard III: " His horse is slain, and all on foot he fights." At a fair vestal, throned by the west ; s And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As...hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft <}uench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon ; And the imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 384 pages
...utterly I could not seem forsaken." Again, in King Richard III: At a fair vestal, throned by the west;s And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As...thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shafi Quench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon ; And the imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 472 pages
...certain stars 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...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 wat'ry moon ; And the imperial... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1814 - 216 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...hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the watery moon ; And the imperial votaress pass'd on, In maiden meditation,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - Great Britain - 1818 - 544 pages
...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...see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beanie of the watry moon, And the Imperial Votress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free." Midsummer... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1819 - 560 pages
...earth, Cupid all iinn 'il : a certain ami he took Ata fair vestal, throned by the west ; And Icos'd liis love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : liut I might sec young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon ; And... | |
 | 1821 - 732 pages
...Tressilian to recite them ; but he refers to Raleigh, who pronounces, with much grace, the far famed vision of Oberon. " That very time I saw, (but thou...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 passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
 | 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...see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste be.ims of the wat'ry moon ; And the imperial vot'ress passed on < In maiden meditation , fancy free.... | |
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