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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... gainst profane affairs , As if their lives were cut out by their places , And they the only fathers of the Graces . Now , as with settled mind she did repair Her thoughts to sacrifice her ravish'd hair And her torn robe , which on the ...
... gainst profane affairs , As if their lives were cut out by their places , And they the only fathers of the Graces . Now , as with settled mind she did repair Her thoughts to sacrifice her ravish'd hair And her torn robe , which on the ...
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... gainst that she could not clear , Dumb sorrow spake aloud in tears and blood , That from her grief - burst veins , in piteous flood , From the sweet conduits of her favour fell . The gentle turtles did with moans make swell Their ...
... gainst that she could not clear , Dumb sorrow spake aloud in tears and blood , That from her grief - burst veins , in piteous flood , From the sweet conduits of her favour fell . The gentle turtles did with moans make swell Their ...
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... gainst what an extreme stream A lover strives ; poor Hymen look'd so ill , That as in merit he increased still By suffering much , so he in grace decreas'd . Women are most won , when men merit least : If merit look not well , love bids ...
... gainst what an extreme stream A lover strives ; poor Hymen look'd so ill , That as in merit he increased still By suffering much , so he in grace decreas'd . Women are most won , when men merit least : If merit look not well , love bids ...
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... gainst the white shore Of her divided cheeks ; it rag'd the more , Because the tide went ' gainst the haughty wind Of her estate and birth : and , as we find , In fainting ebbs , the flowery Zephyr hurls The green - hair'd Hellespont ...
... gainst the white shore Of her divided cheeks ; it rag'd the more , Because the tide went ' gainst the haughty wind Of her estate and birth : and , as we find , In fainting ebbs , the flowery Zephyr hurls The green - hair'd Hellespont ...
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... but doth repair More tender fawns , and takes a scatter'd hair From his tame subject's shoulder ; whips and calls For everything he lacks ; creeps ' gainst the walls With backward humbless , to give needless way : Thus 74 HERO AND LEANDER.
... but doth repair More tender fawns , and takes a scatter'd hair From his tame subject's shoulder ; whips and calls For everything he lacks ; creeps ' gainst the walls With backward humbless , to give needless way : Thus 74 HERO AND LEANDER.
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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