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Quotes from Homer His Iliads Translated — John Ogilby

1600–1676 Scotland

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When they and Venus to his cottage came,
For lust-rewards prefer'd the Cyprian dame.

Homer His Iliads Translated (1660)

Then let him swear he ne'er the lady knew,
And did with her as men with women do.

Homer His Iliads Translated (1660)

Like a burnt stake, half stuck upon his shield;
The other half lay broken in the field.

Homer His Iliads Translated (1660)

Him here he found preparing for the field
His bow, his breast-plate, and his glittering shield:
Whilst beauteous Helen 'mongst her maids in state
Their several works and tasks disposing sate.

Homer His Iliads Translated (1660)

Wilt thou, dear daughter, grant me one request,
Or still old grudges foster in thy breast,
Because thou Troy, and I the Grecians aid?

Homer His Iliads Translated (1660)

But Ajax now no longer thought it good
To keep his post, and stand where others stood.

Homer His Iliads Translated (1660)

Come, let us arm with speed; and let us two
Try, what our forces may united do.

Homer His Iliads Translated (1660)

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.

Homer His Iliads Translated (1660)

Who, dearest daughter! thus unkindly used,
And like a malefactor thee abused?
She sighing then replied; Juno thy wife,
Who still foments contention here and strife.

Homer His Iliads Translated (1660)

With cruell tusks a savage boar imploys,
Who all king Œneus' fertile fields destroys:
The stately trees tore from their fiber'd roots,
Silver'd with blossoms of delicious fruits.

Homer His Iliads Translated (1660)

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.

Homer His Iliads Translated (1660)

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