 | Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland - Queens - 1851 - 826 pages
...Shakspeare has celebrated her triumph over the snares of love in the following elegant lines : — " That very time I saw, (but thou couldst not,) Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all armed. A certain aim he took At a feir vestal, throned by the west, And loosed his love-shaft smartly... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 928 pages
...song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. Puck. I remember. perform'd it too. Now, when the lords and arm'd: a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west, And loos'd his love-shaft smartly... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 440 pages
...song, 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 vestal1 throned by the west, And loos'd his love-shaft smartly... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 746 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 couldst not),...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... | |
 | Edwin Owen Jones - 1853 - 258 pages
...superiority in what may be considered a parallel description. In Shakspere, Oberon proceeds : — " 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 - 1853 - 608 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1854 - 424 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 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 - 1855 - 1088 pages
...song, 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 between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd : a certain aim he took At a fair h vestal throned by the west, And loos'd his love-shaft smartly... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - Floriculture - 1855 - 296 pages
...and purple." Shakespeare has connected this flower with a compliment to the maiden Queen of England. That very time I saw (but thou couldst not) 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1856 - 424 pages
...song; And certain stars shot madly from their sphere*, To hear the Ma-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... | |
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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... 
