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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... bears me company , That hops about the chamber where I lie , And spends the night , that might be better spent , In vain discourse and apish merriment . Come thither . " As she spake this , her tongue tripp'd , For unawares , " Come ...
... bears me company , That hops about the chamber where I lie , And spends the night , that might be better spent , In vain discourse and apish merriment . Come thither . " As she spake this , her tongue tripp'd , For unawares , " Come ...
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... bear foul thoughts , yet forge what looks she listed , And held it for a very silly sleight , To make a perfect metal counterfeit ; Glad to disclaim herself , proud of an Art That makes the face a Pandar to the heart . Those be the ...
... bear foul thoughts , yet forge what looks she listed , And held it for a very silly sleight , To make a perfect metal counterfeit ; Glad to disclaim herself , proud of an Art That makes the face a Pandar to the heart . Those be the ...
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... bear what makes grave matrons bow ? Good vows are never broken with good deeds , For then good deeds were bad : vows are but seeds , And good deeds fruit ; even those good deeds that grow From other stocks than from th ' observed vow ...
... bear what makes grave matrons bow ? Good vows are never broken with good deeds , For then good deeds were bad : vows are but seeds , And good deeds fruit ; even those good deeds that grow From other stocks than from th ' observed vow ...
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... bear them out , though th ' acts be ne'er so ill . Meanness must Pander be to Excellence ; Pleasure atones Falsehood and Conscience : Dissembling was the worst ( thought Hero then ) And that was best , now she must live with men . O ...
... bear them out , though th ' acts be ne'er so ill . Meanness must Pander be to Excellence ; Pleasure atones Falsehood and Conscience : Dissembling was the worst ( thought Hero then ) And that was best , now she must live with men . O ...
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... bear foul thoughts , yet forge what looks she listed , And held it for a very silly sleight , To make a perfect metal counterfeit ; Glad to disclaim herself , proud of an Art That makes the face a Pandar to the heart . Those be the ...
... bear foul thoughts , yet forge what looks she listed , And held it for a very silly sleight , To make a perfect metal counterfeit ; Glad to disclaim herself , proud of an Art That makes the face a Pandar to the heart . Those be the ...
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Abydos Alcmane Altar amorous arms Atheism Beauty's blood bosom breast bright bullrushes call'd chaste CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE colours conceits countenance Cupid dear death deeds deity delight Dissembling doth earth Eucharis eyes face fair fair ladies Fates feast figur'd fire flame flew FOURTH SESTIAD gainst GEORGE CHAPMAN goddess gods golden grace hair hand hath heart heaven held hell Hellespont Hero HERO AND LEANDER Hero's sacrifice holy holy fire honour Hymen iron thunders Jove joys kiss kiss'd Leander Leucote light limb live look look'd lov'd love's lovers maid maidenhead Marlowe Musaeus naked naught neck Neptune never night nuptial nymph Peristera pierc'd rites robe rude sacred scarf scrip secret fire sense SESTIAD The Argument Sestos shin'd shine shriek sight slain soul spake spirits star stay'd stood striv'd sweet swim thee thence thou thought torch tower turn'd us'd Venus view'd virgin virtue vow'd vows waves wish'd wrought