 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...  Notes and Queries - Page 2031867Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1878 - 208 pages
...the stately fleet stag. He pursued his foes, exhausted with fatigue, and longing for rest. I could see young Cupid's fiery shaft, quenched in the chaste beams of the watery moon. That same prayer doth teach us all to render the deeds of mercy, He observed the cavalry,... | |
 | Moffatt and Paige - 1880 - 414 pages
...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 shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, 'In maiden meditation, fancy free." The voice of... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 pages
...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 shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free. Yet marked I where... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1880 - 842 pages
...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 shaft Quenched in the chaste be;uns of the watery moon ; And the imperial votaress pr.ssed on, In maiden meditation, faucy-free.... | |
 | American poetry - 1881 - 520 pages
...smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : THE POET'S SONG TO HIS WIFE. 63 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, fancy-free. Yet marked I where... | |
 | Georg Gottfried Gervinus - 1883 - 1020 pages
...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 shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon ; Bud the imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free. Yet marked I where the bolt... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - English poetry - 1883 - 498 pages
...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 shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free. A Midsummer Night's... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - English poetry - 1883 - 326 pages
...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 shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free. A Midsummer Night's... | |
 | Moffatt and Paige - 1885 - 240 pages
...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 shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, 4 In maiden meditation, fancy free." The voice of... | |
 | Jeremiah Eames Rankin - 1886 - 54 pages
...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 shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon, And the imperial votaress passed on In maiden meditation fancy-free." In that also put into the mouth... | |
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