 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
 | William Henry Summers - Chiltern (England) - 1895 - 326 pages
...the same evening, and where he received a hearty welcome from the Peningtons. XI.— A QUAKER IDYLL. 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. SHAKESPEARE (Midsummer... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Athens (Greece) - 1895 - 408 pages
...West; And loosed a love-shaft madly [sic] 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. Yet marhed I It... | |
 | Franklin Johnson - Bible - 1895 - 440 pages
...And loosed his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts ; But 1 might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon; And the imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free. Yet marked I where the bolt... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1895 - 388 pages
...West; And loosed a love-shaft madly [sic] 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. Yet marhed I It... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Athens (Greece) - 1895 - 410 pages
...loosed a love-shaft madly [sic] from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : Sut / might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the wafry Moon ; And the imperial Votaress passed on, л; maiden meditation fancy-free. Yet marked I It... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 482 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... | |
 | William Wilfred Birdsall, Rufus Matthew Jones - American literature - 1897 - 602 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1897 - 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 Votaress0 passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free. Yet marked I... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1897 - 450 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... | |
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