Hero and LeanderMaddox & Gray, 1927 - 82 Seiten Hero and Leander is a mythological short epic by the famous English writer and dramatist Christopher Marlowe. When Marlowe was killed after being accused of blasphemy, he left the poem unfinished to be later completed by George Chapman. The poem follows the love story between the two Greek mythological characters Hero and Leander which was first narrated in the works of the two ancient poets Musaeus Grammaticus and Ovid. Hero is a priestess of the goddess Venus to whom she has made a vow of chastity, yet she falls in love with Leander, a young man from Abydos on the opposite side of the narrow sea passage known as the Hellespont. Leander, who promises to cross the Hellespont every night to reach his beloved, gets in trouble with Neptune, the god of the seas. When he eventually comes at Hero's door, he has to make use of his guile and physical beauty to seduce his coy beloved. At this point starts Chapman's contribution to accompany the two lovers until Leander drowns in the sea on his way to Hero. Watching her lover's dead body from her high tower, the latter decides to throw herself and die by his side. |
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... rest . So lovely fair was Hero , Venus ' Nun , As Nature wept , thinking she was undone , Because she took more from her than she left , And of such wondrous beauty her bereft : Therefore , in sign her treasure suffer'd wrack , Since ...
... rest . So lovely fair was Hero , Venus ' Nun , As Nature wept , thinking she was undone , Because she took more from her than she left , And of such wondrous beauty her bereft : Therefore , in sign her treasure suffer'd wrack , Since ...
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... rests ; And who have hard hearts and obdurate minds , But vicious , hare - brain'd , and illiterate hinds ? The god , seeing him with pity to be mov'd , Thereon concluded that he was belov'd . ( Love is too full of faith , too credulous ...
... rests ; And who have hard hearts and obdurate minds , But vicious , hare - brain'd , and illiterate hinds ? The god , seeing him with pity to be mov'd , Thereon concluded that he was belov'd . ( Love is too full of faith , too credulous ...
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... rest upon thy pillow . " Herewith affrighted Hero shrunk away , And in her lukewarm place Leander lay , Whose lively heat , like fire from heaven fet , Would animate gross clay , and higher set The drooping thoughts of base declining ...
... rest upon thy pillow . " Herewith affrighted Hero shrunk away , And in her lukewarm place Leander lay , Whose lively heat , like fire from heaven fet , Would animate gross clay , and higher set The drooping thoughts of base declining ...
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... rest ; Which so prevail'd , as he , with small ado , Enclos'd her in his arms , and kiss'd her too . And every kiss to her was as a charm , And to Leander as a fresh alarm ; > So that the truce was broke , and she alas , Poor silly ...
... rest ; Which so prevail'd , as he , with small ado , Enclos'd her in his arms , and kiss'd her too . And every kiss to her was as a charm , And to Leander as a fresh alarm ; > So that the truce was broke , and she alas , Poor silly ...
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... shame , and rage , Dang'd down to hell her loathsome carriage.1 The end of the second Sestiad . ' Here Marlowe's work ends . The rest of the poem is by Chapman . THE THIRD SESTIAD The Argument of the Third Sestiad . 30 HERO AND LEANDER.
... shame , and rage , Dang'd down to hell her loathsome carriage.1 The end of the second Sestiad . ' Here Marlowe's work ends . The rest of the poem is by Chapman . THE THIRD SESTIAD The Argument of the Third Sestiad . 30 HERO AND LEANDER.
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Abydos Alcmane altar amorous arms beauty Beauty's bliss blood bosom breast bride bright call'd chaste cheeks CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE colours confits countenance Cupid Cyclops dear death deeds delight Destinies doth earth embrac'd enamour'd enter'd Eucharis eyes face Fates fear feast FIFTH SESTIAD figur'd fire flame flew FOURTH SESTIAD gainst gentle GEORGE CHAPMAN goddess gods golden grace grief hair hand haste hate hath heart heaven Hellespont HERO AND LEANDER holy fire honour Hymen Jove kiss kiss'd Leucote light limb lips live look look'd lov'd Love's lovers maid maidenhead Marlowe Morpheus Musaeus naked naught Neptune never night nuptial nymph poor Proteus rites robe rude sacred sacrifice SECOND SESTIAD SESTIAD The Argument Sestos shin'd shine sight soul spake star stay'd stood striv'd sweet swim Teras thee thence THIRD SESTIAD thou thought torch turn'd unto us'd Venus view'd virgin virtue vow'd vows waves Wherewith Winds wish'd wrought youth