 | John Timbs - 1832 - 442 oldal
...all ann'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...imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancv free. Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell ; It fell upon a little western flower, Before... | |
 | Elizabeth Washington Wirt - 1832 - 338 oldal
...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...Quench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry Moon ; And tho Imperial vot'ress passed on, In Maiden meditation, fancy free. Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1832 - 380 oldal
...great queen — if right I guess, His wounded love in idleness '. i Every body knows the lines : — " Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell ; It fell...now purple with love's wound, And maidens call it love in idleness." Midsummer Night's Dream. Mr. Mortimer's verses were written before the cultivation... | |
 | 1832 - 206 oldal
...sweet south That breathes upon a bank of Violets, Stealing and giving odour. TIFSLTTH NICBT. YET marked I where the bolt of Cupid fell, It fell upon a little...love's wound, And maidens call it Love-in-idleness. HIDSUHHER NIOHT'S DREAM. THEY are as gentle As zephyrs, blowing below the Violet, Not wagging his sweet... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1833 - 1140 oldal
...all arm'd: a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west:27) And loos'd his love-shaft Shakespeare 28) Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell: It fell upon a little western flower, — Before, milk-white;... | |
 | John Read (maker to the army.) - 1833 - 814 oldal
...armed : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west, And loosed his loveshaft smartlv from his bow As it should pierce a hundred thousand...Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial maiden passed on, hi maiden meditation, fancy free. Yet mark'd I where... | |
 | Frederic Shoberl - 1835 - 406 oldal
...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...now purple with love's wound. And maidens call it Love in Idleness. The juice of it, on sleeping eyelids laid, Will make or man or woman madly doat Upon... | |
 | Flora (goddess.) - 1835 - 314 oldal
...watery moon ; And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free * : Yet marked I where the bolt of Cupid fell ; It fell upon a little...love's wound ; And maidens call it Love-in-idleness. MIDSUMMER NIGHT's DREAM. * This was intended by Shakspcare as a compliment to our maiden queen, Elizabeth.... | |
 | Theocritus - 1836 - 450 oldal
...Cupid all armed. 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...love's wound, And maidens call it, love-in-idleness." Midsummer Night's Dream. NOTES ON BION. " Sleep no more In purple, Cypris ! but in watchet weed, All-wretched... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 246 oldal
...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...imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy free." With such patronage, and such skill to avail himself of it, it is not matter of surprise... | |
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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 Quench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon, And the imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.... 
