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. For this I'm to the muse oblig'd, and more
  2. For all the mischiefs envy has in store.
  3. This comes of gallantry, while some employ
  4. Their talents on the fate of Thebes and Troy,
  5. While others Caesar's godlike acts rehearse,
  6. Corinna is the subject of my verse.
  7. Oh, that I ne'er had known the art to please,
  8. But written without genius and success.
  9. Why did the town so readily believe