Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HERO AND LEANDER; OR THE BOY'S HELLESPONT, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER


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HERO AND LEANDER; OR THE BOY'S HELLESPONT, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: No colder local records did I crave
Last Line: Burst on the lonely swimmer, doubly bright.
Subject(s): Hero And Leander


No colder local records did I crave,
Two lovers' names were all my Hellespont;
How oft, methought, the swimming youth was wont
To kiss the waters, where the lighted wave
Came trembling out from Sestos! When the gale
Dimmed his fond eyes, and chilled each supple limb,
I broke my heart for both, without avail,
I wept with her! I sobbed and sank with him!
And if, at times, the historic muse would fill
The strait with forms more secular and vast,
The torch of Hero lived behind them still!
And wide-spread sails of war ran glowing past
Love's watch-fire, till, again, th' impassioned light
Burst on the lonely swimmer, doubly bright.





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