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 while you ride I will prolong the day,
  2. And try the power of verse to smooth your way.
  3. Sink down ye mountains, sink ye lofty hills,
  4. Ye vallies be obedient to her wheels,
  5. Ye streams be dry, ye hindr'ing woods remove,
  6. 'Tis love that drives, and all must yield to love !
  1. If there's a wretch, who thinks it is a shame,
  2. To serve a lovely and a loving dame:
  3. If such a slave he loads with infamy,
  4. I'm willing he should judge as hard of me;
  5. I'm willing all the world should know my shame
  6. If Venus will abate my raging flame.