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. Or painted nymphs shown to a blinded throng !
  2. Ye gods ! what joys did not my fancy raise !
  3. I curl'd in folds of love a thousand ways.
  4. Strong were my thoughts, but ah ! my body lay
  5. Languid as roses pluck'd off yesterday.
  6. Now all the blood the circling spirits fire,
  7. And the lost field impertinent require;
  8. Begone untimely nerves! I trust no more,
  9. Such was the promise of your strength before.