 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...  Waverley Novels - Seite 235von Walter Scott - 1853Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
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...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...hearts; But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
 | Marion Ansel Taylor - 1973 - 260 Seiten
...and The Tempest. Elizabeth in Oberon's description of the "fair vestal throned by the west": Obe.That very time I saw, but thou couldst not, Flying between...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,... | |
 | Joseph Allen Bryant - 1986 - 300 Seiten
...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...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,... | |
 | Margaret W. Ferguson, Maureen Quilligan, Nancy Vickers - 1986 - 464 Seiten
...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...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,... | |
 | David L. Smith, Richard Strier, David Bevington - 2003 - 312 Seiten
...'Queen 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...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,... | |
 | Mary Beth Rose - 1995 - 208 Seiten
...Night's Dream 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...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,... | |
 | Louis Montrose - 1996 - 246 Seiten
...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...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,... | |
 | Roberta J. M. Olson, Jay M. Pasachoff - 1999 - 412 Seiten
...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...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,... | |
 | E. A. J. Honigmann - 1998 - 202 Seiten
...herself, 'in maiden meditation, fancy-free', graced the bridal celebrations. Cupid, we hear, took aim At a fair vestal throned by the west, And loosed his...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,... | |
 | Frances Amelia Yates - 1999 - 252 Seiten
...and the earth: 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...hearts. But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
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