 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 Quenched in the chaste beams of the watery moon ; And the imperial votaress...  Bentley's Miscellany - Page 109edited by - 1849Full view - About this book
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1837 - 394 pages
...Cynthia, the ladye of the sea," — she is the " Fair Vestal throned in the West," of Shakspeare — That very time I saw, (but thou couldst not,) Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all anti'd : a certain aim he took At a fair Vestal, throned by the West, And loosed his love-shaft smartly... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 494 pages
...saw (but thou could'st not) Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd : a cortain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west ; And loos'd Ilia love-shaft smartly from his boа-, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : Hut... | |
 | David Paul Brown - 1838 - 86 pages
...may be, it is impossible to withhold it upon this occasion. The scene is between Oberon and Puck. " That very time I saw, but thou could'st not, Flying...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. But I might see... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 pages
...And certain stars shot madly from their spheres To hear the sea-maid's music. Puck. I remember. Obe. 1 arm'd : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west ; And loos'd his love-shaft smartly... | |
 | Charles Armitage Brown - 1838 - 326 pages
...occasion, ever entered the mind of man. I mean that beautiful passage in Midsummer Night's Dream : — " 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 * The heir-apparent. At a fair Vestal, throned by the west, And loosed... | |
 | 1838 - 654 pages
...that of ' These blue- veined violets whereon we lean.' — Ven. and Ad. ' I saw, but thou couldst not, 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 ; But I might see... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...very time I saw (but thou could'st not), Plying 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1839 - 550 pages
...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 could'st not,) Flying...earth, Cupid all armed. A 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 480 pages
...civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. — 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 loosed his love-shaft smartly... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1840 - 64 pages
...immortal Dramatist of her day : 'I saw Flying between the cold moon and the earth 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 ; — But I might... | |
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