| Walter Scott - 1844 - 658 pagina’s
...(but thou couldsl not.) Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid, all arm'd: a certain aim be 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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 pagina’s
...certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music ? Puck. I remember. Obe. That very time I saw (but thou couldst not), Flying...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... | |
| William Shakespeare, Sir Frederick Beilby Watson - 1843 - 264 pagina’s
...imagery, graceful flattery, and poetic genius, he compares the Queen to a western star, viz. : — " That very time I saw (but thou could'st not), 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 loos'd his love-shaft smartly... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1843 - 376 pagina’s
...And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. Puck. I remember. Obe. That very time I saw, (but thou couldst not, ) 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 loos'd his love-shaft smartly... | |
| Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 pagina’s
...And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. Puck, I remember. Obe. That very time I saw, (but thou couldst not,) 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 loos'd his love-shaft smartly... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1843 - 1008 pagina’s
...very time I saw, but thou coultl'st not, Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd : have drink. Sinn. This jest is dry to me — Fair, gentle, sweet loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow. As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might... | |
| Nicholas John Halpin - 1843 - 140 pagina’s
...point of unity in which the " fair Vestal " and the " cold Moon " are perfectly identified : — " a certain aim he took At a fair Vestal throned by the West ; — But J might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the wat'ry Moon." It... | |
| Nicholas John Halphin - 1843 - 136 pagina’s
...the point of unity in which the " fair Vestal" and the " cold Moon" are perfectly identified:— " a certain aim he took At a fair Vestal throned by the West;— But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched IA the chaste beams of the wat'ry Moon." It is obvious... | |
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