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. So may our prize assist us when we run.
  2. "What mean these starts? you must not, can't remove:
  3. This kind auspicious place was fram d for love.
  4. I fear you're crowded,- Gentlemen, forbear,
  5. Pray let your arms and knees the lady spare;
  6. Madam, your gown hangs down-nay, pray let me—
  7. Oh heav'ns ! what fine, what curious legs I see!
  8. Sure, who Diana in a forest drew,
  9. Copied in this the graceful'st parts from you;
  10. Such Atalant discovering as she ran,
  11. What rapt'rous wishes seiz'd Menalion
  12. I burn'd and rag'd before—what then are these,
  13. But flames on flames, and waters to the seas?
  14. By these a thousand other charms are guess'd,