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. I want no nerves, but want the bulky size.
  2. My limbs, tho' lean are not in vain display'd;
  3. From me no female ever rose a maid.
  4. Oft have I, when a luscious night was spent,
  5. Saluted morn, nor cloy'd nor impotent.
  6. Happy, who gasps in love his latest breath;
  7. Give me, ye gods, so softly sweet a death !
  8. Let the rough warriors grapple on the plain,
  9. And with their blood immortal honour gain;
  10. Let the vile miser plough for wealth the deep,
  11. And, shipwrek'd in the unfatbom'd waters, sleep
  12. May Venus grant me but my last desire,