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. I rav'd no longer at another's bliss,
  2. But begg'd the transport of as sweet a kiss.
  3. Smiling she said, " How grateful thy request!
  4. If e'er my kisses please thee, take the best."
  5. Oh, with what gust as from her soul they came!
  6. Such might melt Jove, and stop the vengeful flame;
  7. I fear'd my rival too enjoy'd the same.
  8. These, better than from me she learn'd I thought,