William Shakespeare
(1564–1616) englischer Dramatiker, Lyriker und Schauspieler
2. Akt, 2. Szene http://www.zeno.org/nid/20005691427 71 ff. / Romeo
Original engl. "Alacke, there lies more perill in thine eye, // Then twenty of their swords, looke thou but sweete, // And I am proofe against their enmity. […] My life were better ended by their hate, // Then death proroged wanting of thy Love."
Romeo und Julia - Romeo and Juliet