...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...love's wound,— And maidens call it, love-in-idleness. 7 At a fair vestal, throned by the west;] A compliment to Queen Elizabeth. 'etch me that flower; the...

...wat'ry moon; And the imperial vo tress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.8 Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It fell upon a little western...love's wound,— And maidens call it, love-in-idleness. 7 At a fair vestal, throned by the west;] A compliment to Queen Elizabeth. Fetch me that flower; 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...purple with love's wound,— And maidens call it, love-in-idleness.1 Shakspeare's compliment to Queen Elizabeth has no small degree of propriety and...

...in Romea and Juliet. Steevens. * Sitwith Cupid's archery,"] This alludes to what was said before: " the bolt of Cupid fell : " It fell upon a little western...Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound." Stecoens. Let her shine as gloriously As the Venus of the sky. — When thou wak'st, if she be by,...

...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, milk- white; now purple with love's wound, — And maidens call it, love-in-idleness33. Fetch me that...

...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...maidens call it, love-in-idleness. Fetch me that flower; the herb I show'd thee once; The juice of it, on sleeping eye-lids laid, Will make or man or woman...

...descending from its sphere/* STEEVENS. [i] i- e. exempt from the power of love, STEEVENS. Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It fell upon a little western...maidens call it, love-in-idleness.* Fetch me that flower ; the herb I show'd thee once ; The juice of it on sleeping eye-lids laid, Will make or man or woman...

...ourselves from morn to midnight, and the idea of Mr L. shall ' quickly fade away : " For mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell, " It fell upon a little western...now purple with Love's wound, '' And maidens call it love in idleness." Adieu ! adieu! LICHFJELD, JAN. 1763. THERE are, as you justly observe, other faults...

...midnight, and the idea of Mr L. shall quickly fade away : " For tnark'd I where the bolt of Cupid feU, " It fell upon a little western flower, " Before milk-white,...now purple with Love's wound, " And maidens call it love in idleness." Adieu ! adieu ' LICHFIELD, JAN. 1763. THERE are, as you justly observe, other faults...

...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...And maidens call it, love-in-idleness. Fetch me that fiower ; the herb I show'd thee once ; The juice of it ou sleeping eye-lids laid, Will make or man...