by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
When as Leander young was drown'd
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When as Leander young was drown'd No heart by Love receiv'd a wound, But on a rock himself sat by, There weeping sup'rabundantly. Sighs numberless he cast about, And, all his tapers thus put out, His head upon his hand he laid, And sobbing deeply, thus he said: "Ah, cruel sea," and, looking on't, Wept as he'd drown the Hellespont. And sure his tongue had more express'd But that his tears forbade the rest.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with The Hesperides & Noble Numbers Volume 1 by Robert Herrick, edited by Alfred Pollard, Lawrence & Bullen Limited, London, 1898.
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- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "Leander's Obsequies", appears in The Hesperides, no. 119 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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