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. Dost with compassion view, to her assistance come:
  2. Nor dost thou, when to thee thy votaries pray
  3. For speedy help, thy wanted help delay.
  4. Lucina, listen to Corinna's pray'r;
  5. Thy votary she, and worthy of thy care.
  6. I'll with my off'rings to thy altar come,
  7. With votive myrrh thy sacred fane perfume;
  8. The vows I make that thou my fair mayst bless,
  9. In words inscrib'd, I'll on thy shrine express:-
  10. "Ovid, the servant of Corinna, pray'd
  11. The goddess here, the teeming dame to aid."
  12. Ah, goddess! of my humble suit allow;
  13. Give place to my inscription and my vow.
  14. If frighted as I am, I may presume
  15. Your conduct to direct in time to come,
  16. Corinna, since you've suffer'd thus before,
  17. Ah, try the bold experiment no more!
  1. What boots it that the fair are free from war,
  2. And what that they're forbid the shield to bear,
  3. Against themselves if they knew arms employ