Quote#Peace
Insatiate archer! could not one suffice?
Quote byEdward Young · 1683–1765
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Night I, Line 212..
English (original)
Insatiate archer! could not one suffice? Thy shaft flew thrice, and thrice my peace was slain; And thrice, ere thrice yon moon had filled her horn.
— Edward Young
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