John Ogilby: Trending quotes (page 6)

“I the Mountain take,
Bearing my aged Father on my Back.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis

Age , Mountain

“Fliest thou me?
Now by these Tears, by this Right hand I thee
(Who now unfortunate can boast no more)
By our late Vows, our Nuptial Rites implore;
If e're I did oblige, if ever please,
Take pitie on a falling House; And these
Designes, if Praier may yet find rome, lay by.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis

Tear , Housing

“I'le delight in Vales, near pleasant Floods,
And unrenown'd, haunt Rivers, Hills and Woods.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Georgicks

“Whilst a Soul supports this mortal Frame,
I never shall forget Eliza's name.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis

Soul , Support , Forgetting

“Why com'st thou like a girl with blubber'd eyes,
Who running by her busie mother cries
To be ta'en up, and by her garments holds,
Till she the fondling in her arms infolds.”

John Ogilby

Book XVI
Homer His Iliads Translated (1660)

Girl , Business

“True Valour best is without Witness shown.”

John Ogilby

Fab. IX: Of the Lyon and the Mouse
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)

“Arms, and the Man I sing, who first did land,
Fate-forc'd from Troy, on the Lavinian Strand;
Whom angry Gods at Sea and Land engage,
And cruel Juno's persecuting Rage.
Much suffer'd he by War, whilst Walls he rear'd,
And Trojan Gods to Latian Realms transferr'd;
Whence Latins, and the Alban Princes come,
And lofty Tow'rs of all-commanding Rome.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis

God , Fate , War , Rage

“If Men, and Mortal Powers you not regard,
Yet know, the Gods both Right and Wrong record.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis

Men , God

“Can in Celestial minds such Passion reign?”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis

Passion

“In all parts cruel Grief, in all parts Fear,
And Death in various Shapes seen every where.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis

Death , Fear , Parting

“This Story may
Delightful be to tell another day.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis

“His active Soul a thousand waies divides,
And swift through all imaginations glides.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis

Way , Soul , Imagination

“Ah! much those ancient heroes were of old
As patterns of benignity extoll'd:
Whom, though their bosoms did with anger boil;
Rich gifts and softer words would reconcile.”

John Ogilby

Book IX
Homer His Iliads Translated (1660)

Anger

“He is too blest that his own Happiness knows,
And Mortals to themselves are greatest Foes.”

John Ogilby

Fab. II: Of the Dog and Shadow
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)

Happiness

“The Queen neglected Fame for Love.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis

Love

“Now know I what Love is.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Bucolicks

Love

“Age all things wasts.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Bucolicks

Age

“Mercy makes Princes Gods.”

John Ogilby

Fab. IX: Of the Lyon and the Mouse, Moral
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)

God

“No stop, no stay.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Georgicks

“Who a Lover can deceive?”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis

Lovers