Book 4 (Aeneid) Quotes

• "The man who first joined himself to me has carried away all my love. He shall keep it for himself, safe in his grave."


  Dido
• "Dido was on fire with love."


  Virgil
• "Spare a thought for Ascanius as he grows to manhood, for the hopes of this Iulus who is your heir. You owe him the land of Rome and the kingdom of Italy."


  Mercury
• "I shall follow you not in the flesh but in the black fires of death and when its cold hand takes the breath from my body, my shade shall be with you wherever you may be."


  Dido
• "Aeneas was faithful to his duty. Much as he longed to soothe her and console her sorrow, to talk to her and take away her pain, with many a groan and with a heart shaken by his great love, he nevertheless carried out the commands of the gods."


  Virgil