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. While writing on the board with pens they vied,
  2. And the spilt wine the want of ink supplied.
  3. The silent speech too well I understood,
  4. For to deceive a lover yet who could?
  5. Tho' thou didst write in a laconic hand,
  6. And words for sentences were taught to stand.
  7. Now ended was the treat, and ev'ry guest
  8. Indulg'd his ease, and lay compos'd to rest: