John Ogilby: Greatness

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“Great things to compare with Small.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Bucolicks
Variant: If I may great things compare with Small.

“How could my Son so highly thee incense
What was the wasted Trojans great offence?”

John Ogilby

Compare John Dryden's translation:
How could my pious son thy pow'r incense?
Or what, alas! is vanish'd Troy's offense?
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis

“Achilles Peleus Son's destructive Rage,
Great Goddess, sing, which did the Greeks engage
In many Woes, and mighty Hero's Ghosts
Sent down untimely to the Stygian Coasts:
Devouring Vultures on their Bodies prey'd,
And greedy Dogs, (so was Jove's Will obey'd;)
Because Great Agamemnon fell at odds
With stern Achilles, Off-spring of the Gods.”

John Ogilby

Book I, opening lines
Homer His Iliads Translated (1660)

God , Dogs , Spring , Rage

“Go, raise great Troy by prowess to the Skies.”

John Ogilby

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

“So great the Task to raise the Roman State!”

John Ogilby

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

“Small Help may bring great Aid.”

John Ogilby

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

Help

“Great Expectations oft to nothing come.”

John Ogilby

Fab. VIII: Of the Mountain in Labour
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)