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. And uppish over all his country scours,
  2. For Asop's daughter did such flame contract,
  3. As not by all that stock of water slack'd.
  4. I might a hundred goodly rivers name,
  5. But must not pass by thee, immortal Thame;
  6. Ere thou couldst Isis to thy bosom take.
  7. How didst thou wind and wander for her sake!
  8. The lusty — with broad Humber strove;
  9. Was it for fame ? I say it was for love.
  10. What makes the noble Ouse up from the main
  11. With hideous roar come bristling back again ?
  12. He thinks his dearest Dervent left behind,