Hero and Leander

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(person) by Quizro (3.9 wk) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Wed Feb 02 2000 at 23:02:08
Tragic story of doomed lovers from greek mythology. The subject of works by Christopher Marlowe, John Donne, and A.E. Housman.

Tarry, delight, so seldom met,
So sure to perish, tarry still; Forbear to cease
or languish yet,
Though soon you must and will.

By Sestos town, in Hero's tower;
On Hero's heart Leander lies; The signal torch
has burned its hour
And sputters as it dies.

Beneath him in the nighted firth,
Between two continents complain
The seas he swam from earth to earth
And he must swim again.

-A. E. Housman

(thing) by Girlface (2.5 mon) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Fri Sep 22 2000 at 2:59:47
By John Donne.

Both robb'd of air, we both lie in one ground;
Both whom one fire had burnt, one water drown'd.

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