 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1841 - 840 pages
...aim he took, At a fair vestal, throned by the west, And loosed his lovcshaft smartly from his bow, Al 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 votress passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - 1842 - 1006 pages
...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...hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the watery moon, . And the imperial votress passed on. In maiden meditation,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2014 - 228 pages
...aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west And loosed his love-shaft smartly from his bow 160 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 passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Cecil Pickett - Drama - 1984 - 36 pages
...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. Yet marked I where the bolt of Cupid fell. PUCK. I remember! I remember! OBERON. It fell upon a little... | |
 | Margaret W. Ferguson, Maureen Quilligan, Nancy Vickers - History - 1986 - 464 pages
...Cupid all arm'd; a 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...chaste beams of the watery moon; And the imperial votress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free. Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell: It... | |
 | Joseph Allen Bryant - Literary Criticism - 1986 - 300 pages
...all arm'd. A 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...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, fancy-free. Yet mark'd I where... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1994 - 692 pages
...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; 160 But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And... | |
 | Mary Beth Rose - Drama - 1995 - 208 pages
...2.1.157-64: A 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...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, fancy-free. 19. In "Dramatic... | |
 | David L. Smith, Richard Strier, David Bevington - History - 2003 - 312 pages
...Midsummer Night's Dream', Notes and Queries, 232, ns, 34. 1 (1987), 205-7. And loosed his love-shaft smartly from his bow As it should pierce a hundred...hearts. But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the watery moon; And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
 | Louis Montrose - Drama - 1996 - 246 pages
...Cupid all arm'd; a 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...chaste beams of the watery moon; And the imperial votress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free. Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell: It... | |
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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 from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand... 
