The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
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“Now fields are green, and trees bear silver buds.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Bucolicks
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Georgicks
“Bacchus loves the Sunny hills.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Georgicks
“O Divine Poet, me thy Verses please
More than soft slumber laid in quiet ease.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Bucolicks
“Here sweet Meads, cool Fountains be,
Here Groves where I could spend my Age with thee.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Bucolicks
“They that have Power to do, may, when they will,
Pick Quarrels, and, pretending Justice, kill.”
Fab. XIV: Of the Wolf and the Lamb
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)
“Vanquisht men's safety is to hope for none.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
“When they and Venus to his cottage came,
For lust-rewards prefer'd the Cyprian dame.”
Book XXIV; the Judgement of Paris.
Homer His Iliads Translated (1660)
“Those that can Help, to Hurt may find a way.”
Fab. LVI: Of the Eagle and the Beetle
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)
“Trojans beware, within some Mischief lyes;
Be what it will, Greeks bringing Gifts I fear.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
“This, think'st thou Dust intomb'd, or Ghosts regard?”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
Book I, opening lines
Homer His Iliads Translated (1660)
“Go, raise great Troy by prowess to the Skies.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
“Singing let's go, the way shall better please.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Bucolicks
Book XX
Homer His Iliads Translated (1660)
“Who Weapons put into a Mad-Man's Hands,
May be the first the Error understands.”
Fab. XXXVI: Of the Husband-man and the Wood
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)
“Farewell, farewel, Night shades my Body o're,
Stretching my hands, t'embrace thee, thine no more.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Georgicks
“One good Art's better than a thousand bad.”
Fab. LVII: Of the Fox and the Cat
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)
“Whence Men, a hard Race, sprung.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Georgicks
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
“But Ajax now no longer thought it good
To keep his post, and stand where others stood.”
Book XV
Homer His Iliads Translated (1660)
“Nor is there place for Death.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Georgicks
Fab. LIII: Of the Tortoise and the Frogs, Moral
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)
“So great the Task to raise the Roman State!”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
Book X
Homer His Odysses Translated (1665)