id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 18781 Marlowe, Christopher Hero and Leander .txt text/plain 6397 566 93 So lovely fair was Hero, Venus' nun, Can hardly blazon forth the loves of men, "Leander, thou art made for amorous play. Thence flew Love's arrow with the golden head, Breathed darkness forth (dark night is Cupid's day). Which like sweet music entered Hero's ears, God knows I cannot force love as you do. As thou in beauty dost exceed Love's mother. Love, Hero, then, and be not tyrannous, Hero's looks yielded but her words made war. By this, sad Hero, with love unacquainted, Moved by love's force unto each other lep? Albeit Leander rude in love and raw, So to his mind was young Leander's look. O, none but gods have power their love to hide, And love that is concealed betrays poor lovers, The lusty god embraced him, called him "Love," As for his love both earth and heaven pined; Love is not full of pity (as men say) ./cache/18781.txt ./txt/18781.txt