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 maiden ...
... 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 maiden ...
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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 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