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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... holy fire , with words , with sighs and tears , Which like sweet music enter'd Hero's ears ; And yet at every word she turn'd aside , And always cut him off , as he replied ; At last , like to a bold sharp sophister , With cheerful hope ...
... holy fire , with words , with sighs and tears , Which like sweet music enter'd Hero's ears ; And yet at every word she turn'd aside , And always cut him off , as he replied ; At last , like to a bold sharp sophister , With cheerful hope ...
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... holy idiot doth she scorn , For thou , in vowing chastity , hast sworn To rob her name and honour , and thereby Committ'st a sin far worse than perjury , Even sacrilege against her deity , Through regular and formal 13 HERO AND LEANDER.
... holy idiot doth she scorn , For thou , in vowing chastity , hast sworn To rob her name and honour , and thereby Committ'st a sin far worse than perjury , Even sacrilege against her deity , Through regular and formal 13 HERO AND LEANDER.
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... holy , But looking off , vicious and melancholy . The snaky paths to each observed law Did Policy in her broad bosom draw ; One hand a Mathematic Crystal sways , Which gathering in one line a thousand rays From her bright eyes ...
... holy , But looking off , vicious and melancholy . The snaky paths to each observed law Did Policy in her broad bosom draw ; One hand a Mathematic Crystal sways , Which gathering in one line a thousand rays From her bright eyes ...
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... holy sort she yow'd to end them , In hope her violent fancies , that did rend them , Would as quite fade in her love's holy fire , As they should in the flames she meant t ' inspire . Then she put on all her religious weeds , That deck ...
... holy sort she yow'd to end them , In hope her violent fancies , that did rend them , Would as quite fade in her love's holy fire , As they should in the flames she meant t ' inspire . Then she put on all her religious weeds , That deck ...
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... she thought it least ! Thus would she still proceed in works divine , And in her sacred state of priesthood shine , Handling the holy rites with hands as bold , Where he unlades himself of that false wealth That makes SI HERO AND LEANDER.
... she thought it least ! Thus would she still proceed in works divine , And in her sacred state of priesthood shine , Handling the holy rites with hands as bold , Where he unlades himself of that false wealth That makes SI 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