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. As well may Phoebus quit the trembling string,
  2. For sword and shield; and Mars may learn to sing.
  3. Already thy dominions are too large;
  4. Be not ambitious of a foreign charge.
  5. If thou wilt reign o'er all, and ev'ry where,
  6. The god of music for his harp may fear.
  7. Thus when with soaring wings I seek renown,
  8. Thou pluck'st my pinions, and I flutter down.
  9. Could I on such mean thoughts my muse employ,
  10. I want a mistress, or a blooming boy."
  11. Thus I complain'd; his bow the stripling bent,
  12. And chose an arrow fit for his intent.
  13. The shaft his purpose fatally pursues;
  14. " Now, poet, there's a subject for thy muse,"