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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... sacred priesthood makes thee loath , Tell me , to whom mad'st thou that heedless oath ? " " To Venus , " answer'd she ; and , as she spake , Forth from those two tralucent cisterns brake A stream of liquid pearl , which down her face ...
... sacred priesthood makes thee loath , Tell me , to whom mad'st thou that heedless oath ? " " To Venus , " answer'd she ; and , as she spake , Forth from those two tralucent cisterns brake A stream of liquid pearl , which down her face ...
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... sacred garments which I wear . Upon a rock , and underneath a hill , Far from the town , ( where all is whist and still , Save that the sea , playing on yellow sand , Sends forth a rattling murmur to the land , Whose sound allures the ...
... sacred garments which I wear . Upon a rock , and underneath a hill , Far from the town , ( where all is whist and still , Save that the sea , playing on yellow sand , Sends forth a rattling murmur to the land , Whose sound allures the ...
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... sacred ring wherewith she was endow'd , When first religious chastity she vow'd : Which made his love through Sestos to be known , And thence unto Abydos sooner blown Than he could sail ; for incorporeal Fame , Whose weight consists in ...
... sacred ring wherewith she was endow'd , When first religious chastity she vow'd : Which made his love through Sestos to be known , And thence unto Abydos sooner blown Than he could sail ; for incorporeal Fame , Whose weight consists in ...
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... dear Hero , with such sacred thrift As had beseem'd so sanctified a gift ; But , like a greedy vulgar Prodigal , Would on the stock dispend , and rudely fall Before his time , to that unblessed blessing , Which 32 HERO AND LEANDER.
... dear Hero , with such sacred thrift As had beseem'd so sanctified a gift ; But , like a greedy vulgar Prodigal , Would on the stock dispend , and rudely fall Before his time , to that unblessed blessing , Which 32 HERO AND LEANDER.
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... sacred harmony , and every birth Of men and actions makes legitimate ; Being us'd aright , the use of time is Fate . Yet did the gentle flood transfer once more This prize of love home to his father's shore , Where he unlades himself of ...
... sacred harmony , and every birth Of men and actions makes legitimate ; Being us'd aright , the use of time is Fate . Yet did the gentle flood transfer once more This prize of love home to his father's shore , Where he unlades himself of ...
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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