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
| Agnes Strickland - 1842 - 1006 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 votress passed on. In maiden meditation, fancy-free." So much, however,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 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... | |
| Nicholas John Halpin - 1843 - 140 pages
...West, And loosed a 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 wafry moon, And the Imperial Votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free. that the Mermaid... | |
| Nicholas John Halphin - 1843 - 136 pages
...West, And loosed a 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 wafry moon, And the Imperial Votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free. that the Mermaid... | |
| Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland - Great Britain - 1844 - 532 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 votress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free." Henry III., in... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1844 - 554 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 vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.2 Yet marked I... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1846 - 560 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 vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free. 2 Yet marked I... | |
| Robert Tyas - 1848 - 264 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 pass'd on, In maiden meditation, fancy free. Yet marked I where... | |
| Agnes Strickland - Queens - 1848 - 374 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 votress passed on, In maidSn meditation, fancy-free." So much, however,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1850 - 556 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.2 Yet marked I... | |
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