Famous Quotes | At Sestos, Hero dwelt; Hero the...
At Sestos, Hero dwelt; Hero the faire,
Whom young Apollo, courted for her haire,
And offred as a dower his burning throne,
Where she should sit for men to gaze upon.
- Christopher Marlowe
Attribution: Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593), British poet. Hero and Leander (I, l. 5–8). . . Norton Anthology of Poetry, The. Alexander W. Allison and others, eds. (3d ed., 1983) W. W. Norton & Company.
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