 | William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 478 Seiten
...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 shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery inoon ; And the imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 480 Seiten
...As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon ; And the imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.* Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It fell upon a little western flower, —... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1840 - 64 Seiten
...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...chaste beams of the watery moon ; And the imperial votrees passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free. ' But Elizabeth was not quite content to wait... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 406 Seiten
...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 flery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon ; And the imperial voi'ress passed... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - 1842 - 1006 Seiten
...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...imperial votress passed on. In maiden meditation, fancy-free." So much, however, had Anjou contrived to endear himself to the fair vestal, that the news... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 Seiten
...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...chaste beams of the watery moon ; And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free. Yet marked I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It... | |
 | Nicholas John Halpin - 1843 - 136 Seiten
...certain aim he took At a fair Vestal,* throned by the West, And loosed a love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts...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 Halpin - 1843 - 136 Seiten
...certain aim he took At a fair Vestal,* throned by the West, And loosed a love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts...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 Halpin - 1843 - 140 Seiten
...might and would have had a denouement ; but not such as the poet designed for this piece. As he would pierce a hundred thousand hearts ; But I might see...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, 2. Yet marked I... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Sir Frederick Beilby Watson - 1843 - 264 Seiten
...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 thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft, Queneh'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon ; And the Imperial Vofress passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
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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... 
