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. How thirsty Tantalus attempts to sip
  2. The stream in vain, that flies his greedy lip:
  3. How Niobe in marble drops a tear,
  4. And a bright nymph was turn'd into a bear:
  5. How Progne, now a swallow, does bemoan
  6. Her sister nightingale, and pheasant son.
  7. In Leda, Danae, and Europa's rapes,
  8. They sing the king of gods in various shapes;
  9. A swan he lies on ravish'd Leda's breast,
  10. And Danae by a golden show'r compress'd;
  11. A bull does o'er the waves Europa bear,
  12. And Proteus any form he pleases wear.
  13. How oft do we the Theban wonders read,
  14. Of serpent's teeth transform'd to human seed!
  15. Of dancing woods, and moving rocks, that throng
  16. To hear sweet Orpheus, and Amphion's song ?
  17. How oft do the Heliades bemoan,
  18. In tears of gum, the fall of Phaeton!
  19. The sun from Atreus' table frightened flies,