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. How can I all this tenderness refuse ?
  2. At once my wisdom, and my will I lose;
  3. I'm conquer'd, and renounce the glorious train
  4. Of arms, and war, to sing of love again:
  5. My themes are acts, which I myself have done,
  6. And my muse sings no battles but my own.
  7. Once I confess I did the drama try,
  8. And ventur'd with success on tragedy;