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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPIGRAM: HERO AND LEANDER, by JOHN DONNE Poet's Biography
First Line: Both rob'd of aire, we both lye in one ground
Last Line: Both whom one fire had burnt, one water drownd.
Variant Title(s): Epigrams: Hero And Leander
Subject(s): Hero & Leander; Leander
First Line: Both rob'd of aire, we both lye in one ground
Last Line: Both whom one fire had burnt, one water drownd.
Variant Title(s): Epigrams: Hero And Leander
Subject(s): Hero & Leander; Leander
Both rob'd of aire, we both lye in one ground,
Both whom one fire had burnt, one water drownd.
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