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. The pilot by the stars his ship can guide,
  2. And in mid-sea a certain course pursue,
  3. As safe as when he has the sun in view.
  4. What pleasure in thy light should mortals take?
  5. Thou dost the weary traveller awake;
  6. Though to the down his heavy head reclines,
  7. Up he must lift it for the morning shines.
  8. The soldier braces on his brazen shield,
  9. Quits his warm tent, and fits him for the field:
  10. The lab'ring hind his harrow takes, and now
  11. The peasant yokes his oxen to the plough: