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. She, that next night I might the sharper come,
  2. Fell out with me, and sent me fasting home.
  3. Or some pretence to lie alone would take ;
  4. Whene'er she pleas'd her head and teeth would ache:
  5. Till having won me to the highest strain,
  6. She took occasion to be sweet again.
  7. With what a gust, ye gods, we then embrac'd!
  8. How ev'ry kiss was dearer than the last!
  9. Thou whom I now adore, be edified,
  10. Take care that I may often be denied;