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... Kenilworth: A Romance - Page 282by Walter Scott - 1821 - 321 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1788 - 460 pages
...thousand hearts: But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft •Quench'd in the 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 fell upon a little western flower, — . 169 Before,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1803 - 556 pages
...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, fancy-free. Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It fell upon a little western flower, — Before,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 328 pages
...pierce a hnndred thonsand hearts : Bni I might see yonng rmpid's fiery shaft (^nench'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 the bolt of Cnpid fell: It foil npon a little western flower, — Before , milk... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 384 pages
...pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft <}uench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon ; And the imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy- free.9 Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell: It fell upon a little western flower, — Before,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 410 pages
...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, fancy-free. 8 Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell: It fell upon a little western flower,— Before,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1806 - 384 pages
...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 meditation, fancy- free.9 Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It fell upon a little western flower, — Before,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1806 - 414 pages
...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, fancy-free. Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It fell upon a little western flower, — Before,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1807 - 472 pages
...pierce a hundred thousand hearts: But 1 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, fancy-free. Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell: It fell upon a little western... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1810 - 418 pages
...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, fancy-free. 1 earls of Northumberland and Westmoreland, who fell in her quarrel ; and principally the... | |
| William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 520 pages
...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, fancy-free.8 Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It fell upon a little western flower, —... | |
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