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. If e'er my kisses please thee, take the best."
  2. Oh, with what gust as from her soul they came!
  3. Such might melt Jove, and stop the vengeful flame;
  4. I fear'd my rival too enjoy'd the same.
  5. These, better than from me she learn'd I thought,
  6. Something taught new, alas! I wish'd untaught;
  7. What most gave pleasure, that now stings the most;
  8. Why were our darting tongues entirely lost?
  9. Nor fret I thou in kissing shouldst excel,
  10. And yet 'tis strange to know to kiss so well;
  11. But ah! such lectures only could be read
  12. By youthful tutors, and imbib'd abed.