 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 see young Cupid's fiery...  The Year Book of Daily Recreation and Information - Seite 751von William Hone - 1832 - 1643 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Nicholas John Halpin - 1843 - 136 Seiten
...Moon " are perfectly identified:— " a certain aim he took At a fair festal throned by the West;— But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the wat'ry Moon." It is obvious that the arrow did not miss its aim, but was repulsed by the cold chastity... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2014 - 228 Seiten
...aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west And loosed his love-shaft smartly from his bow 160 As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts; But...chaste beams of the watery moon; And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free. 165 Yet marked I where the bolt of Cupid fell:... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Cecil Pickett - 1984 - 36 Seiten
...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. Yet marked I where the bolt of Cupid fell. PUCK. I remember! I remember! OBERON. It fell upon a little... | |
 | Joseph Allen Bryant - 1986 - 300 Seiten
...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...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,... | |
 | Margaret W. Ferguson, Maureen Quilligan, Nancy Vickers - 1986 - 464 Seiten
...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...hearts. But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon; And the imperial votress passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
 | Jan Kott - 1987 - 180 Seiten
...with or without a blindfold — would randomly shoot his arrows at shepherdesses, sometimes missing: But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched...chaste beams of the watery moon; And the imperial votaress passed on. (2.1.161-63) But the Renaissance Cupid, who appears eight times in the poetic discourse... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1992 - 132 Seiten
...And loosed his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts; 160 But I 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.38 Yet marked I... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1994 - 692 Seiten
...Cupid all armed. A certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west, And loosed his loveshaft smartly from his bow As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts; 160 But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And... | |
 | David L. Smith, Richard Strier, David Bevington - 2003 - 312 Seiten
...Midsummer Night's Dream', Notes and Queries, 232, ns, 34. 1 (1987), 205-7. And loosed his love-shaft smartly from his bow As it should pierce a hundred...chaste beams of the watery moon; And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free. (2.1.157-64) While there can be no doubt at all... | |
 | Mary Beth Rose - 1995 - 208 Seiten
...2.1.157-64: 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...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,... | |
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