...nymphs ie his beauty makes theirs seem tarnished. Marlowe also uses the word 'stain' effectively: eg 'Her kirtle blue, whereon was many a stain / Made with the blood of wretched lovers slain' (HL 1.15-16), which plays on 'stain' as 'sign of guilt' and as 'embellishment'. Both he and Shakespeare...

...lining purple silk, with gilt stars drawn; 1 Her wide sleeves green, and bordered with a grove, Where Venus in her naked glory strove To please the careless...head she ware a myrtle wreath, From whence her veil reached to the ground beneath. Her veil was artificial flowers and leaves, 2.0 Whose workmanship both...

...master of the love poem. His Hero and Leander, licensed for publication in 1593, has a grove Where Venus in her naked glory strove To please the careless...disdainful eyes Of proud Adonis that before her lies. The light shines through Marlowe's abstract diction, very unShakespearean but right for what it wants...

...an influence from Shakespeare on Marlowe: Her wide sleeves green, and bordered with a grove. Where Venus in her naked glory strove To please the careless...disdainful eyes Of proud Adonis that before her lies. (11-14) The trouble with such an argument is, of course, that there is no other evidence in the poem...

...lining purple silk, with gilt stars drawn; Her wide sleeves green, and bordered with a grove, Where Venus in her naked glory strove To please the careless...head she ware a myrtle wreath, From whence her veil reached to the ground beneath: Her veil was artificial flowers and leaves, Whose workmanship both man...

...bordered with a grove, Where Venus in her naked glory strove To please the careless and disdainful11 eyes Of proud Adonis, that before her lies. Her kirtle...many a stain, Made with the blood of wretched lovers slain12. Upon her head she ware a myrtle wreath, From whence her veil reached to the ground beneath...