 | Theocritus (of Syracuse) - 1836 - 436 Seiten
...certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west; And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from bis 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 wat'ry moon ; And the imperial vot'ress passed on, In mniilen meditation,... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 246 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 wat'ry moon ; And the imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
 | 1837 - 276 Seiten
...certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west, And loosed his lovesbaft 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 maiden passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
 | Theocritus - 1836 - 450 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 wat'ry moon ; And the imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1836 - 564 Seiten
...certain aim he look 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 6ery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon ; And the imperial vot'ress passed on, In... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1837 - 516 Seiten
...certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west ; And loos'd his love-shaft 4in:irtlv from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts: But I might we youn? Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon And the un;. 1 1..! vot'ress... | |
 | David Paul Brown - 1838 - 86 Seiten
...certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west, And loosed his love shafts 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 —... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 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 moon; And the imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 Seiten
...certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west ; And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his 1 Quench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon ; And the imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1839 - 550 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.a Yet marked I where the bolt of Cupid fell. It fell upon a little western flower, — Before,... | |
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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... 
