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. Be kind, and I can easily forgive ;
  2. Prepare your coach, to me direct your course,
  3. Drive fiercely on, and lash the lazy horse;
  4. And while you ride I will prolong the day,
  5. And try the power of verse to smooth your way.
  6. Sink down ye mountains, sink ye lofty hills,
  7. Ye vallies be obedient to her wheels,
  8. Ye streams be dry, ye hindr'ing woods remove,
  9. 'Tis love that drives, and all must yield to love !
  1. If there's a wretch, who thinks it is a shame,