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. 1 entertained his hot, his first desire,
  2. And kept alive, till age, his active fire."
  3. To her then Nemesis (when groans gave leave)
  4. "As I alone was lov'd, alone I'll grieve;
  5. Spare your vain tears, Tibullus' heart was mine,
  6. About my neck his dying arms did twine:
  7. I snatch'd his soul, which true to me did prove;
  8. Age ended yours, death only stopp'd my love."
  9. If any poor remains survive the flames,
  10. Except thin shadows, and more empty names;
  11. Free in Elysium shall Tibullus rove,
  12. Nor fear a second death should cross his love.
  13. There shall Catullus, crown'd with bays, impart
  14. To his far dearer friend his open heart.
  15. There Gallus (if fame's hundred tongues all lie)
  16. Shall, free from censure, no more rashly die.
  17. Such shall our poet's bless'd companions be,
  18. And in their deaths, as in their lives, agree.
  19. But thou, rich urn, obey my strict commands,
  20. Guard thy great charge from sacrilegious hands.