Amores

Ovid

Ovid. Ovid's Art of Love (in three Books), the Remedy of Love, the Art of Beauty, the Court of Love, the History of Love, and Amours. Dryden, John, et al., translator. New York: Calvin Blanchard, 1855.

  1. That to no pains expos'd you, when you set
  2. Their shining tresses for young hearts a net?
  3. That ne'er provok'd you with your maids to war,
  4. For hurting you with your entangled hair?
  5. You ne'er were urg'd to some indecent fray,
  6. Nor in a fury snatch'd the comb away.
  7. The teeth ne'er touch'd you, and her constant care,
  8. Without ill arts, would have preserv'd your hair.
  9. Behind your chair I oft have seen her stand,