 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 406 páginas
...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...a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid 's flery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon ; And the imperial voi'ress passed... | |
 | William Hone - 1841 - 840 páginas
...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,... | |
 | Margaret W. Ferguson, Maureen Quilligan, Nancy Vickers - 1986 - 464 páginas
...has once beheld, 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...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, Before... | |
 | Joseph Allen Bryant - 1986 - 300 páginas
...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...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 - 1994 - 692 páginas
...and the earth 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 - 1995 - 208 páginas
...episode is especially worth noting. 18. A Midsummer Night's Dream 2.1.157-64: A certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by [the] west, And loos'd...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 - 2003 - 312 páginas
...Elizabeth I and A 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...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 - 1996 - 246 páginas
...precipitated his revolt. 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...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, Before... | |
 | Valerie Traub, M. Lindsay Kaplan, Dympna Callaghan - 1996 - 324 páginas
...not)," Oberon says: 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 pieree a hundred thousand hearts. (11.i.155-60) The shaft misses, "quench'd" in the chaste beams of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1996 - 1290 páginas
...bow, As it should pierce a hundred-thousand hearts: But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quencht quicken'd, fancy-free, Yet markt I where the bolt of Cupid fell: It fell upon a little western flower. Before... | |
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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... 
