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. I strive to cloak my passion by the cheat.
  2. If I look well, I then neglect your charms,
  3. Lie dull and lazy in your active arms;
  4. If weak my voice, if pale my looks appear,
  5. 0 then I languish for another fair.
  6. Would I did sin, and you with cause complain,
  7. For when we strive to shun, yet strive in vain,
  8. 'Tis comfort sure to have deserv'd the pain.
  9. But sure fond fancies now such heats engage,
  10. Your cred'lous peevish humour spoils your rage.
  11. In frequent chidings I no force can see,
  12. You frown too often to prevail with me;