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 make at once her life and mine thy care:
  2. Have pity on her pains; the help you give
  3. To her, her lover saves, in her I live.
  4. From thee this favour she deserves; she pays
  5. Her vows to thee on all thy solemn days;
  6. And when the Galli at thy altars wait,
  7. She's present at the feast they celebrate.
  8. And thou, Lucina, who the labouring womb
  9. Dost with compassion view, to her assistance come:
  10. Nor dost thou, when to thee thy votaries pray
  11. For speedy help, thy wanted help delay.
  12. Lucina, listen to Corinna's pray'r;
  13. Thy votary she, and worthy of thy care.
  14. I'll with my off'rings to thy altar come,
  15. With votive myrrh thy sacred fane perfume;
  16. The vows I make that thou my fair mayst bless,
  17. In words inscrib'd, I'll on thy shrine express:-
  18. "Ovid, the servant of Corinna, pray'd
  19. The goddess here, the teeming dame to aid."
  20. Ah, goddess! of my humble suit allow;