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. So deeply, in the best and tend'rest part;
  2. To make a lady that subjection own,
  3. Which is not to the meanest Roman known.
  4. 'Twas Diomede, who first a goddess struck,
  5. I from his hand that curs'd example took;
  6. But he was far less criminal than I,
  7. I was a lover, he an enemy.
  8. March like a conqueror in triumph now,
  9. With laurel wreaths encompassing your brow,
  10. And render to the mighty gods your vow:
  11. So, as you pass, th' attending gazing crowd,