Books like Hero and Leander

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“The outside of her garments were of lawn, The lining purple silk, with gilt stars drawn; Her wide sleeves green, and bordered with a grove, Where Venus in her naked glory strove To please the careless and disdainful eyes Of proud Adonis, that before her lies.”
“Many would praise the sweet smell as she passed, When ’twas the odour which her breath forth cast; And there for honey bees have sought in vain, And, beat from thence, have lighted there again.”
“Stone still he stood, and evermore he gazed Till with the fire that from his countenance blazed Relenting Hero’s gentle heart was strook. Such force and virtue hath an amorous look.”
“The reason no man knows; let it suffice What we behold is censured by our eyes. Where both deliberate, the love is slight: Who ever loved, that loved not at first sight?”
“Love deeply grounded, hardly is dissembled. These lovers parleyed by the touch of hands; True love is mute, and oft amazed stands.”

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