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. Her envious gown to pull away I tried,
  2. But she resisted still, and still denied;
  3. But so resisted that she seem'd to be
  4. Unwilling to obtain the victory;
  5. So I at last an easy conquest had,
  6. Whilst my fair combatant herself betray'd.
  7. But when she naked stood before my eyes,
  8. Gods, with what charms did she my soul surprise!
  9. What snowy arms did I both see and feel!
  10. With what rich globes did her soft bosom swell!
  11. Plump as ripe clusters rose each glowing breast,
  12. Courting the hand, and suing to be press'd!
  13. What a smooth plain was on her belly spread,
  14. Where thousand little loves and graces play'd!
  15. What thighs! what legs ! but why strive I in vain,