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. And at old friends to thy new lovers rail.
  2. Sometimes deny, 'twill appetite procure;
  3. The sharp-set hawks will stoop to any lure.
  4. Then grant again, lest he a habit get
  5. Of living from thee; but be sure thou let
  6. No empty lover in; murmur sometimes,
  7. And at first hurt, reproach him with thy crimes.
  8. Seem jealous, when thou'st been thyself to blame;
  9. 'Twill stop his mouth, if thou the first complain.
  10. All thou hast done be ready to forswear: