Quotes from bookHero and Leander
Hero and Leander is a poem by Christopher Marlowe that retells the Greek myth of Hero and Leander. After Marlowe's untimely death it was completed by George Chapman. The minor poet Henry Petowe published an alternative completion to the poem. The poem was first published posthumously, five years after Marlowe's demise.
“Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?”
Christopher Marlowe book Hero and Leander
First Sestiad. The same statement occurs in As You Like It (1600) by William Shakespeare, and a similar one in The Blind Beggar of Alexandria (1596) by George Chapman.
Hero and Leander (published 1598)
Variant: Where both deliberate, the love is slight; Who ever loved, that loved not at first sight?
“A pleasant-smiling cheek, a speaking eye,
A brow for love to banquet royally.”
Christopher Marlowe book Hero and Leander
First Sestiad
Hero and Leander (published 1598)
“All women are ambitious naturally.”
Christopher Marlowe book Hero and Leander
First Sestiad
Hero and Leander (published 1598)
“Above our life we love a steadfast friend.”
Christopher Marlowe book Hero and Leander
Second Sestiad
Hero and Leander (published 1598)
“It lies not in our power to love or hate,
For will in us is overruled by fate.”
Christopher Marlowe book Hero and Leander
First Sestiad
Hero and Leander (published 1598)
“Love always makes those eloquent that have it.”
Christopher Marlowe book Hero and Leander
Second Sestiad
Hero and Leander (published 1598)
