 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 1008 Seiten
...certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west ; And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his en, unvisited, much to our shame. /Vin. Not so, my lord ; it is not so, I swear ; We have had Quench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon ; And tile imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 376 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 Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon ; And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
 | Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland - 1844 - 532 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." Henry III., in a letter to Mauvissiere, his ambassador, directs him to communicate this... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 554 Seiten
...certain aim he took At a fair vestal,1 throned by the west ; And loosed his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts...imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.2 Yet marked I where the bolt of Cupid fell. It fell upon a little western flower, — Before,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1844 - 662 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 mouti ; And the imperial vot'rese passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 374 Seiten
...he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west ; ' And loosed his love-shaft smartly from his b<«v, 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 votaress passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1844 - 384 Seiten
...moon and the earth, 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 sec young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon; And the imperial vot'ress... | |
 | Joseph Hunter - 1845 - 456 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 ticry shaft Quench M in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon, And the imperial vot'rcss pnsscd on In... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 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 seen young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the wafry moon : And the imperial votaress... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 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 seen young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench' d in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon : And the imperial... | |
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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... 
