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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... flew , About her naked neck his bare arms threw , And laid his childish head upon her breast , And , with still panting rocked , there took his rest . So lovely fair was Hero , Venus ' Nun , As Nature wept , thinking she was undone ...
... flew , About her naked neck his bare arms threw , And laid his childish head upon her breast , And , with still panting rocked , there took his rest . So lovely fair was Hero , Venus ' Nun , As Nature wept , thinking she was undone ...
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... flew Love's arrow with the golden head , And thus Leander was enamoured . Stone still he stood , and evermore he gazed , Till with the fire that from his countenance blaz'd , Relenting Hero's gentle heart was strook , Such force and ...
... flew Love's arrow with the golden head , And thus Leander was enamoured . Stone still he stood , and evermore he gazed , Till with the fire that from his countenance blaz'd , Relenting Hero's gentle heart was strook , Such force and ...
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... flew , Sprinkling the earth , that to their tombs took in Streams dead for love , to leave his ivory skin , Which yet a snowy foam did leave above , As soul to the dead water that did love ; And from thence did the first white Roses ...
... flew , Sprinkling the earth , that to their tombs took in Streams dead for love , to leave his ivory skin , Which yet a snowy foam did leave above , As soul to the dead water that did love ; And from thence did the first white Roses ...
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... flew and stung him dead . And this by fate into her mind was sent , Not wrought by mere instinct of her intent . At the scarf's other end her hand did frame , Near the fork'd point of the divided flame , A country virgin keeping of a ...
... flew and stung him dead . And this by fate into her mind was sent , Not wrought by mere instinct of her intent . At the scarf's other end her hand did frame , Near the fork'd point of the divided flame , A country virgin keeping of a ...
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... flew , And beat it down still as it upward grew . The virgin Tapers that on th ' altar stood , When she inflam'd them , burn'd as red as blood : All sad ostents of that too near success , That made such moving beauties motionless . Then ...
... flew , And beat it down still as it upward grew . The virgin Tapers that on th ' altar stood , When she inflam'd them , burn'd as red as blood : All sad ostents of that too near success , That made such moving beauties motionless . Then ...
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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