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John Conington Quotes

1825–1869 England

John Conington (10 August 1825 – 23 October 1869) was an English classical scholar.

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Also known as: Conington, Conington, John

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Let hopes and sorrows, fears and angers be,
And think each day that dawns the last you'll see;
For so the hour that greets you unforeseen
Will bring with it enjoyment twice as keen.

The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry of Horace (1869)

I heard, fear-stricken and amazed,
My speech tongue-tied, my hair upraised.

The Aeneid of Virgil (1866)

Dire agonies, wild terrors swarm,
And Death glares grim in many a form.

The Aeneid of Virgil (1866)

No longer dream that human prayer
The will of Fate can overbear.

The Aeneid of Virgil (1866)

Curst Love! what lengths of tyrant scorn
Wreak'st not on those of woman born?

The Aeneid of Virgil (1866)

In the moment of our talking, envious time has ebb'd away.
Seize the present; trust to-morrow e'en as little as you may.

The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace (1863)

But, Roman, thou, do thou control
The nations far and wide;
Be this thy genius, to impose
The rule of peace on vanquished foes,
Show pity to the humbled soul,
And crush the sons of pride.

The Aeneid of Virgil (1866)

'Is there, friend,' he cries, 'a spot
That knows not Troy's unhappy lot?'

The Aeneid of Virgil (1866)

We have been Trojans: Troy has been:
She sat, but sits no more, a queen.

The Aeneid of Virgil (1866)

Fury and wrath within me rave,
And tempt me to a warrior's grave.

The Aeneid of Virgil (1866)

Let Rome be glorious on the earth,
The centre of Italian worth.

The Aeneid of Virgil (1866)

Then should some man of worth appear
Whose stainless virtue all revere,
They hush, they list: his clear voice rules
Their rebel wills, their anger cools.

The Aeneid of Virgil (1866)

They reach the realms of tranquil bliss.
Green spaces folded in with trees,
A paradise of pleasances.

The Aeneid of Virgil (1866)

An inferior artist's only chance of giving pleasure.

On rhyme. Preface to The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace (1863)

'Tis come, our fated day of death.

The Aeneid of Virgil (1866)

Why reel I thus, confused and blind?
What madness mars my sober mind?

The Aeneid of Virgil (1866)

May Heaven, if virtue claim its thought,
If justice yet avail for aught;
Heaven, and the sense of conscious right,
With worthier meed your acts requite!

The Aeneid of Virgil (1866)

Snatch him, ye Gods, from mortal eyes!

The Aeneid of Virgil (1866)

Huge, awful, hideous, ghastly, blind.

The Aeneid of Virgil (1866)

Bear up, and live for happier days.

The Aeneid of Virgil (1866)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Conington (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.