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 hast thy walks around Canope's walls,
  2. Who Memphis visit'st, and the Pharian tower,
  3. Assist Corinna with thy friendly powers.
  4. Thee by thy silver Sistra I conjure,
  5. A life so precious by thy aid secure;
  6. So mayst thou with Osiris still find grace:
  7. By Anubis's venerable face,
  8. I pray thee, so may still thy rights divine
  9. Flourish, and serpents round thy offerings twine
  10. May Apis with his horns the pomp attend,
  11. And be to thee, as thou'rt to her, a friend.
  12. Look down, oh Isis! on the teeming fair,
  13. And make at once her life and mine thy care:
  14. Have pity on her pains; the help you give
  15. To her, her lover saves, in her I live.
  16. From thee this favour she deserves; she pays
  17. Her vows to thee on all thy solemn days;
  18. And when the Galli at thy altars wait,
  19. She's present at the feast they celebrate.
  20. And thou, Lucina, who the labouring womb