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. For a bare bout, ill huddled o'er in haste,
  2. While o'er my side the fair her mantle cast!
  3. You to your husband shall not be so kind,
  4. But lest you should, your mantle leave behind.
  5. Encourage him to tope, but kiss him not,
  6. Nor mix one drop of water in his pot.
  7. If he be fuddled well, and snores apace,
  8. Then we may take advice from time and place.
  9. When all depart, while compliments are loud,
  10. Be sure to mix among the thickest crowd;