Virgil
Virgil
Publius Vergilius Maro, usually called Virgil or Vergil /ˈvɜːrdʒᵻl/ in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He is known for three major works of Latin literature, the Eclogues, the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid. A number of minor poems, collected in the Appendix Vergiliana, are sometimes attributed to him...
NationalityRoman
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth15 October 70
course death descend fortune run shade shall
I have lived, and I have run the course which fortune allotted me; and now my shade shall descend illustrious to the grave.
air climb death easy gates retrace stand steps
It is easy to go down into Hell; night and day, the gates of dark Death stand wide; but to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air - there's the rub, the task.
death so-sad dies
Is it then so sad a thing to die?
death passion dust
These passions of soul, these conflicts so fierce, will cease, and be repressed by the casting of a little dust.
death enough died
To have died once is enough.
future perhaps prove source
Perhaps the remembrance of these things will prove a source of future pleasure.
conquers english-poet love surrender
Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to Love.
beauty enchanting trust
Trust not too much to an enchanting face.
dragged favorite pleasure
Everyone is dragged on by their favorite pleasure.
against attack beaten endures exposed fury hate man rock sea shower vast winds
They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which stretches into the vast sea and which, exposed to the fury of the winds and beaten against by the waves, endures all the violence.
They are able because they think they are able.
english-poet man
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.
fates
Wherever the fates lead us let us follow.
age english-poet
Age carries all things away, even the mind.