elaby | Papers and silly quotes

Theory paper first draft = finished except for conclusion

[eta: Conclusion done!]

I thought it was high time for another round of "

elaby posts ridiculous quotations from the lit she's reading for school." The last time was all the way back when I read Dido, Queen of Carthage, and that wasn't even silly... it just sounded like a Dido song.

This, on the other hand, is pretty damn silly. Uhh, Shakespeare... I'm really sorry about this, but I think I may be leaving you for Marlowe.

From Hero and Leander (rewriting classical myths for the win!) Leander, the boy, has just asked Hero, the girl, who she's pledged her closely-guarded virginity to.

'To Venus,' answered she, and as she spake,
Forth from those two translucent cisterns brake
A stream of liquid pearl, which down her face
Made milk-white paths, whereon the gods might trace
To Jove's high court.

Wackiest metaphor for crying ever.

And just to balance that with prettiness, a description of the city where they're having a festival to Adonis:

For every street like to a firmament
Glistered with breathing stars

I [heart] Marlowe's extravagant writing. Always good for a laugh!