 That very time I saw, 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...  Notes and Queries - Page 2031867Full view - About this book
 | Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland - Great Britain - 1844 - 532 pages
...the snares of love m the following elegant lines:— " That very time I saw (but thou couldst not), Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 554 pages
...To hear the sea-maid's music. Puck. I remember. Obe. That very time I saw, (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,1 throned by the west ; And loosed his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce... | |
 | 1893 - 846 pages
...Dream:" — That very time I saw, — but thou could'st not — Flying between the pale moon and the 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. Here you... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1844 - 662 pages
...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 loosed his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 374 pages
...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 loosed his love-shaft smartly from his b<«v, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 278 pages
...very night 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...;* And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, * At a fair vestal, throned by the west. — An allusion to Queen Elizabeth. See in the Rev. Mr. Halpin's... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 842 pages
...certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music : — ***** Saw, Flying beneath the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all armed; a certain aim she took At a fair vestal throne'd by the west, ***** Yet marked he where the bolt of Cupid fell ;... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 402 pages
...night 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;1 And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - Queens - 1848 - 374 pages
...the snares of love in the following elegant lines : — "That very time I saw (but them couldst not), Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid,...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... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1848 - 446 pages
...fitly be exhibited without that adorning disguise:— That very time I saw (but thou couldst not), Flying between the cold Moon and the Earth, Cupid...he took At a fair Vestal throned by the West; And loosed a love-shaft madly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts. But I might... | |
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