{"id":"01KG8B0T2YFEHJ0MJYEBKRYX27","cid":"bafkreiesh6de455so47w2vpd5pcufeyfmeaur2ubhiexrk4q4zcu5va2j4","type":"file","properties":{"cid":"bafkreiczkxdlghbqwbn6rkn4hsdybb4lksgtncgsluzl2mcsmk3fugkcyq","content_type":"image/jpeg","filename":"02_venus_and_adonis_1905_facsimile_page_0037.jpg","height":2400,"key":"pdf-page-1769806521472-2y6nbjb4dd6","label":"02_venus_and_adonis_1905_facsimile_page_0037.jpg","page_number":37,"pdf_type":"born_digital","size":494934,"text":"VENUS\nAND\nADONIS\nji\nShakespeare's poem, which was introduced into the novel\noi Perimedes the Black e- Smith (15\" 8 8), opens thus :—\nIn Cypres sat fayre Venus by a Fount\nWanton Adonis toying on her knee :\nShe\nkist\nthe\nwag,\nher darling\nof\naccompt,\nThe Boie gan blush, which when his lover see,\nShe smild and told him loue might challenge debt\nAnd he was young and might be wanton yet.\nGreene's second\nlyric\non\nthe\ntheme which\nfigured in\nhis\ntract\ncalled\nNever\ntoo late\n(lypo)\nis a\npathetic\nappeal\non\nthe\npart\nof\nVenus\nto\nthe\ndisdainful\nboy\n:\n—\nSweet Adon, darest not glance thine eye?\nN'oserez-vous,\nmon\nbel\nami?\nUpon\nthy Venus\nthat\nmust\ndie?\nJe\nvous en\nprie,\npity\nme\n;\nN'oserez-vous,\nmon\nbel,\nmon\nbel,\nN'oserez-vous, mon bel ami?\nIt\nis\nmore\ninteresting to\nnote\nthat\nMarlowe,\nin\nhis\nMarlowe,\ntranslation\nof\nthe\nHero and Leander of\nMusaeus, went\nout\nof\nhis\nobvious path\nin order to\nbring Adonis'\ncoldness\ninto signal relief. In that translation\nMarlowe\nmentions\nAdonis more\nthan\nonce.\nIn one place he\ngives the\nyouth\nthe\nepithet\n'\nrose-cheek'd ',\nwhich\nis\nnot warranted\nby\nthe\nGreek text. That word\nis\nborrowed\nby\nShakespeare\nwhen\nhe\nfirst\nintroduces\nAdonis\nto his\nreader in the\nthird\nline\nof\nhis\nown poem —\na\nplain\nacknowledgement\nof obliga-\ntion. In\nanother place of Hero and Leander\nMarlowe\ninter-\npolated three\noriginal\nlines,\nof\nwhich the Greek\nis quiteinnocent.\nThese\ndescribe the\ngrove where\nVenus in her naked glory strove\nTo please the careless and disdainful eyes\nO^ proud Adonis, that before her lies.","text_extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:55:21.472Z","text_extracted_by":"pdf-processor","text_has_content":true,"text_source":"born_digital","uploaded":true,"width":1632},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG89K4X0DM39SSQK43XXG34R","predicate":"derived_from"},{"peer":"01KG89JREDR8WY5QQGYR5FZRDY","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"}],"ver":2,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:55:22.462Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:55:25.450Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFFH6ETXGRVD10WPNP3007D6"}}