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. 'Twas woman urg'd the strife; a second fair
  2. Involv'd the Trojans in a second war.
  3. What wreck, what ruin, did a Woman bring
  4. On peaceful Latium, and its pious king!
  5. When Rome was young and in her infant state
  6. What woes did woman to our sires create!
  7. Into what peril was that city brought,
  8. When Sabine fathers for their daughters fought !
  9. Two lusty bulls I in the meads have view'd
  10. In combat join'd, and by their side there stood
  11. A milk-white heifer, who provok'd the fight,
  12. By each contended, but the conqueror's right;