 | Edward Young - Death - 1816 - 390 pages
...privately with his own hands ;* (See Night III.) In this celebrated poem he thus addresses Death : " Insatiate archer ! could not one suffice ? " Thy shaft...was " slain ; " And thrice, ere thrice yon moon had fill'd her " horn. • I take the liberty of inserting here a passage from a letter written by Mr.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1817 - 250 pages
...being, and most of those who had made that being tolerable. To me the lines of YOUNG are no fictions " Insatiate archer! could not one suffice ? Thy shaft...peace was slain, And thrice ere thrice yon moon had fill'd her horn." I should have ventured a verse to the memory of the late Charles Skinner Matthews,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1818 - 708 pages
...persons supposed to be alluded to in the Night Thoughts; all of whom died at far more distant periods : " Insatiate Archer ! could not one suffice ? Thy shaft...peace was slain ; And thrice, ere thrice yon moon had filled her horn." We are told soon after this, that " when Young was writing a tragedy, Grafton is... | |
 | Great Britain - 1818 - 590 pages
...persons supposed to be alluded to in the Night Thoughts; all of whom died at far more distant periods : " Insatiate Archer ! could not one suffice ? Thy shaft...peace was slain ; And thrice, ere thrice yon moon had filled her horn." We are told soon after this, that " when Young was writing a tragedy, Grafton is... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1819 - 364 pages
...•wounded by the deaths of the three persons particularly lamented ; none that has read The JVight Thought* (and who has not read them ?) needs to be informed....peace was slain , And thrice, ere thrice yon moon had fill'd her hom. Yet how is it possible that Mr. and Mrs. Temple and lady Elizabeth Young could be these... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1819 - 364 pages
...was wounded by the deaths of the three persons particularly lamented ; none that has read The Might Thoughts (and who has not read them ?) needs to be...not one suffice ! Thy shaft flew thrice ; and thrice ray peace was slain; And thrice, ere thrice yon moon had fill'd her horn. Yet how is it possible that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 412 pages
...whom Young was known to be connected or acquainted, while all the circumstances relating to Narcissa have been constantly found applicable to Young's daughter-in-law....(and who has not read them ?) needs to be informed. Insatitate Archer ! could not one suffice 1 Thy shaft flew thrice, and thrice my peace was slain ;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 404 pages
...whom Young was known to be connected or acquainted, while all the circumstances relating to Narcissa have been constantly found applicable to Young's daughter-in-law...(and who has not read them ?) needs to be informed. Insatitate Archer ! could not one suffice ? Thy shaft flew thrice, and thrice my peace was slain ;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1821 - 406 pages
...whom Young was known to be connected or acquainted, while all the circumstances relating to Narcissa have been constantly found applicable to Young's daughter-in-law....peace was slain ; And thrice, ere thrice yon moon had fill'd her horn. Yet how is it possible that Mr. and Mrs. Temple and Lady Elizabeth Young could be... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 412 pages
...plunder, why exhaust Thy partial quiver on a mark so mean .' Why thy peculiar rancour wreak'd on me f Insatiate archer ! could not one suffice ? Thy shaft...peace was slain ; And thrice, ere thrice yon Moon had fill'd her horn. 0 Cynthia ! why so pale ? Dost thou lament Thy wretched neighbour ? Grieve to see... | |
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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. 
