 | Margaret W. Ferguson, Maureen Quilligan, Nancy Vickers - 1986 - 464 halaman
...Titania has remembered her Indian votaress, Oberon remembers his "imperial votaress." He has once beheld, Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid...Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon; And the imperial votress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free. Yet mark'd I where... | |
 | Muriel Clara Bradbrook - 1989 - 238 halaman
...image carries the quality of a masquespectacle, the play perhaps being for such an occasion itself. That very time I saw (but thou couldst not) Flying...certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west . . . (II.i.155-58) The fair vestal enthroned would hold an orb; the round world with its cold moon... | |
 | Mary Beth Rose - 1995 - 208 halaman
...recent discussion of this 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...chaste beams of the wat'ry moon, And the imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free. 19. In "Dramatic Play in Much Ado about Nothing,"... | |
 | Louis Montrose - 1996 - 246 halaman
...forfeit all of his royal offices. This loss of power, prestige, and revenue precipitated his revolt. Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid...Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon; And the imperial votress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free. Yet mark'd I where... | |
 | Valerie Traub, M. Lindsay Kaplan, Dympna Callaghan - 1996 - 324 halaman
...to shoot and seduce the "fair vestal." "That very time I saw (but thou couldst not)," Oberon says: Flying between the cold moon and the earth Cupid all...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... | |
 | Dorothea Kehler - 1998 - 520 halaman
...certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maids's music? Robin. I remember. Oberon. That very time I saw, but thou couldst not, Flying...should pierce a hundred thousand hearts; But I might sees young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votaress... | |
 | Frances Amelia Yates - 1999 - 252 halaman
...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...chaste beams of the wat'ry moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy free.4 Shakespeare's picture of Elizabeth as a Vestal... | |
 | Harold Bloom - 2001 - 750 halaman
...certain stars shot madly from their spheres / To hear the sea maid's nu1sic? / Puck. I remember. / Obe. That very time I saw (but thou couldst not), / Flying...bow / As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts. / Bnt I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft / Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon; /And... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2001 - 134 halaman
...certain stars shot madly from their spheres To hear the sea-maid's music? Puck I remember. Oberon 155 That very time I saw (but thou couldst not) Flying...west, And loos'd his loveshaft smartly from his bow 160 As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts; But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd... | |
 | Alexander Leggatt - 2002 - 260 halaman
...certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. PUCK I remember. OBERON That very time I saw, but thou couldst not, Flying...chaste beams of the wat'ry moon, And the imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free (2. 1.148-64) The passage probably conflates memories... | |
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That very time I saw (but thou could'st 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... 
