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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LEANDERS OBSEQUIES, by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When as leander young was drown'd Last Line: But that his teares forbad the rest. Subject(s): Hero & Leander; Leander | |||
When as Leander young was drown'd, No heart by love receiv'd a wound; But on a Rock himselfe sate by, There weeping sup'rabundantly. Sighs numberlesse he cast about, And all his Tapers thus put out: His head upon his hand he laid; And sobbing deeply, thus he said, Ah cruell Sea! and looking on't, Wept as he'd drowne the Hellespont, And sure his tongue had more exprest, But that his teares forbad the rest. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EPIGRAM: HERO AND LEANDER by JOHN DONNE ON A PICTURE OF LEANDER by JOHN KEATS HERO AND LEANDER by CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE HERO TO LEANDER by ALFRED TENNYSON THE LAMP OF HERO by LOUISE VICTORINE ACKERMANN LEANDER DROWNED by PHILIP AYRES |
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