 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 384 pages
...King Richard III: At a fair vestal, throned by the west;s 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 shafi Quench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon ; And the imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 418 pages
...certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west ; And ioos'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,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 436 pages
...certain aim he took A\. a. fair vestal, throned by the west; And loos' d his Jove-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,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 520 pages
...certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west ;y 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 votress passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 418 pages
...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'rgss passed on, In maiden meditation^ancy-free.O... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1814 - 216 pages
...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...chaste beams of the watery moon ; And the imperial votaress pass'd on, In maiden meditation, fancy free. Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell :—... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1815 - 186 pages
...And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts: 3ut I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in...chaste beams of the watery moon ; And the imperial votaress pass'd on, In maiden meditation, fancy free. •yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid felj... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - 1818 - 544 pages
...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 beanie of the watry moon, And the Imperial Votress passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 332 pages
...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,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1821 - 352 pages
...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,... | |
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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... 
