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. The silent speech too well I understood,
  2. For to deceive a lover yet who could?
  3. Tho' thou didst write in a laconic hand,
  4. And words for sentences were taught to stand.
  5. Now ended was the treat, and ev'ry guest
  6. Indulg'd his ease, and lay compos'd to rest:
  7. Your close, lascivious kisses then I spied,
  8. And something more than lips to lips applied;