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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... strand . There leave we him , and with fresh wing pursue Astonish'd Hero , whose most wished view I thus long have forborne , because I left her 1 So out of countenance , and her spirits bereft her 36 HERO AND LEANDER.
... strand . There leave we him , and with fresh wing pursue Astonish'd Hero , whose most wished view I thus long have forborne , because I left her 1 So out of countenance , and her spirits bereft her 36 HERO AND LEANDER.
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... spirits immortal ! Now ( as swift as Time Doth follow Motion ) find th ' eternal Clime Of his free soul , whose living subject stood Up to the chin in the Pierian flood , And drunk to me half this Musæan story , Inscribing it to ...
... spirits immortal ! Now ( as swift as Time Doth follow Motion ) find th ' eternal Clime Of his free soul , whose living subject stood Up to the chin in the Pierian flood , And drunk to me half this Musæan story , Inscribing it to ...
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... spirits ; For , though the light of her discoursive wits Perhaps might find some little hole to pass Through all ... spirit . Yet might a imitating eye well see How fast her clear tears melted on her knee Through her black veil ...
... spirits ; For , though the light of her discoursive wits Perhaps might find some little hole to pass Through all ... spirit . Yet might a imitating eye well see How fast her clear tears melted on her knee Through her black veil ...
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... spirits came swelling in , With child of sail , and did hot fight begin With those severe conceits she too much mark ... spirit : " Shall I Sing moans to such delightsome harmony ? ! Shall slick - tongu'd Fame , patch'd up with ...
... spirits came swelling in , With child of sail , and did hot fight begin With those severe conceits she too much mark ... spirit : " Shall I Sing moans to such delightsome harmony ? ! Shall slick - tongu'd Fame , patch'd up with ...
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... spirits ; For , though the light of her discoursive wits Perhaps might find some little hole to pass Through all ... spirit . Yet might a imitating eye well see How fast her clear tears melted on her knee Through her black veil ...
... spirits ; For , though the light of her discoursive wits Perhaps might find some little hole to pass Through all ... spirit . Yet might a imitating eye well see How fast her clear tears melted on her knee Through her black veil ...
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Abydos Alcmane 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 fear feast figur'd fire flame flew FOURTH SESTIAD gainst GEORGE CHAPMAN goddess gods golden grace hair hand hath heart heaven held hell Hellespont HERO AND LEANDER Hero's sacrifice holy holy fire honour Hymen iron thunders Jove joys kiss kiss'd 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 youth