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" Insatiate archer ! could not one suffice ? ' . . - ' Thy shaft flew thrice ; and thrice my peace was slain ; And thrice, ere thrice yon moon had fill'd her horn. "
The Poetical Works of Edward Young - Page 7
by Edward Young - 1834 - 334 pages
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 87-88

John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 470 pages
...mark so mean ? z10 \Vhy thy peculiar rancour wfeAk'd on me? Insatiate Archer! could not one suifke ? Thy shaft flew thrice, and thrice my peace was slain ; And thrice, ere thricS yon' moon had fill'd her horn. 0 Cynthia! why so pale? Dost thou lament z15 Thy wretched neighbour?...
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...lamented, none that has read the " Night " Thoughts" (and who has not read them ?) needs to be informed. Insatiate Archer ! could not one suffice ? Thy shaft flew thrice ; and thrice my peace was slain j And thrice, ere thrice yon moon had fill'd her horn. Yet how is it possible that Mr. and Mrs. Temple...
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A True Estimate of Human Life: In which the Passions are Considered in a New ...

Edward Young - Emotions - 1802 - 146 pages
...died not long after, and to these successive dissolutions, Young alludes in these remarkable lines : Insatiate archer ! could not one suffice ? Thy shaft flew thrice, and thrice my peace was slain ; thrice e'er thrice yon mooa had filled her horn. Mr. and Mrs. Temple are thought to be the Philander...
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The Works of the Author of The Night-thoughts: In Three Volumes, Volume 1

Edward Young - 1802 - 420 pages
...dear Narcissa. I was walking in a place called In this celebrated poem he thus addresses Death : " Insatiate archer! could not one suffice? " Thy shaft flew thrice, and thrice my peace was slain J " And thrice, ere thrice yon moon had fill'd her horn. These lines have been universally understood...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...lamented, none that has read the " Night " Thoughts" (and who has not read them ?) nee'ds to be informed. Insatiate Archer ! could not one suffice ? Thy shaft...peace was slain ; And thrice, ere thrice yon moon had iill'd her horn. Yet how is it possible that Mr. and Mrs. Temple and Lady Elizabeth Young could _be...
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The Complaint, Or, Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality

Edward Young - 1805 - 284 pages
...The sun himself by thy permissiori^hines, And, one day, thou shalt pluck him from his sphere. Amidst such mighty plunder, why exhaust Thy partial quiver on a mark so mean ? Why thy peculiar rancor wreak'd on me ? Insatiate archer! could not one suffice ? Thy shaft slew thrice; and thrice...
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The Poetical Works of the Rev. Dr. Edward Young: With the Life of ..., Volume 1

Edward Young - English poetry - 1805 - 238 pages
...vil. They begin now to verge from their bigotn, *» and allow them at least to be men, though n-tf " Insatiate archer! could not one suffice ? " Thy shaft flew thrice, and thrice my peace wa " slain; " And thrice, ere thrice yon moon had fill'd he " horn. " christians, I believe); and that...
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The Miseries of Human Life; Or The Groans of Timothy Testy, and Samuel ...

James Beresford - English wit and humor - 1806 - 384 pages
...but one, he having gone up twice, and you not once — losing all your three lives running. Ned Tes. Amid such mighty plunder, why exhaust. Thy partial...quiver on a mark so mean ? Why thy peculiar rancour wreck'd on me ? Isatiate Archer ! * could not once suffice ? Thy shaft flew thrice — and thrice my...
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The Miseries of Human Life, Or, the Last Groans of Timothy Testy ..., Volume 1

James Beresford - English wit and humor - 1807 - 360 pages
...the players but one, he having gone up twice, and you not once — losing all your three running. " Amid such mighty plunder, why exhaust Thy partial...quiver on a mark so mean ? Why thy peculiar rancour wrecked on me ? Insatiate Archer ! * could not once suffice ? Thy shaft flew thrice — and thrice...
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The Miseries of Human Life, Or, The Groans of Samuel Sensitive ..., Volume 1

James Beresford - 1807 - 246 pages
...but one, he having gone up twice, and you not once — losing all your three Uses running. JVed Tes. Amid such mighty plunder, why exhaust Thy partial...quiver on a mark so mean ? Why thy peculiar rancour wreck'd on me ? Insatiate Archer .'* could not once suffice ? Thy shaft flew thrice — and thrice...
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