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. Nor was my cause of quarrel new; the same
  2. Set Europe and proud Asia in a flame.
  3. For Helen, ravish'd by the Dardan boy,
  4. Was the war wag'd that sunk the pride of Troy;
  5. The Centaurs double form'd, half man, half beast,
  6. Defil'd with horrid war the nuptial feast;
  7. Inflam'd by wine and woman's magic charms,
  8. They turn'd the jolly face of joy to arms.
  9. 'Twas woman urg'd the strife; a second fair
  10. Involv'd the Trojans in a second war.
  11. What wreck, what ruin, did a Woman bring
  12. On peaceful Latium, and its pious king!
  13. When Rome was young and in her infant state
  14. What woes did woman to our sires create!
  15. Into what peril was that city brought,
  16. When Sabine fathers for their daughters fought !
  17. Two lusty bulls I in the meads have view'd
  18. In combat join'd, and by their side there stood
  19. A milk-white heifer, who provok'd the fight,
  20. By each contended, but the conqueror's right;