Hero And Leander Poem by John Donne

Hero And Leander

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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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i thought this would be longer..a story perhaps..

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Gajanan Mishra 07 September 2014

water drowned, wonderful one.

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Every reader may be transfixed to the thought of the end of life is seen in response to the involvement of nature.

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In death, we are all together Why then labour for unity here A very insightful poem!

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Kim Barney 02 May 2015

Pardon my ignorance, but who was Leander and who is the Hero to whom he refers? Where is John Richter to fill us in on these details?

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A meaningful poem and in fact with few sentence the great expression of poem.

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Oyehan Opeyemi Akinkunmi 07 September 2014

So short, but unconsciously symbolic

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