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 roses, and the lilies keep their place,
  2. And ev'ry feature still as justly grace;
  3. Her sparkling eyes their lustre still retain,
  4. That form, that perfect shape does still remain,
  5. As if she ne'er had sinn'd ; and heav'n, ('tis plain)
  6. Suff'ring the fairer sex to break their vows,
  7. To the superior pow'r of beauty bows.
  8. T' inforce my credit to her perjuries,
  9. Oft would she swear by those persuasive eyes;
  10. As if that charm had been too weak to move,
  11. Sh'as added mine;-tell me, ye pow'rs above,
  12. Why all this pain ? why are these guiltless eyes
  13. For her offence th' atoning sacrifice ?
  14. Was't not enough Andromeda has died,
  15. An expiation for her mother's pride ?
  16. Is't not enough, that unconcern'd you see
  17. (Vain witnesses for truth, for faith, for me,)
  18. Such an affront put on divinity,
  19. Yet no revenge the daring crime pursue,
  20. But the deceiv'd must be her victim too?