 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 hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the...  A Midsummer-night's Dream - Page 47by William Shakespeare - 1905 - 181 pagesFull view - About this book
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...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 * ..'.•...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... | |
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...beams of the watery moon, But I might fee young Cupid's fiery fliaft And the imperial votrefs paflfed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free. Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell, Before, milk-white; now purple with love's wound, It fell upon a little weftern flower; And maidens... | |
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