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. And cry, "How fairer were my locks than these !"
  2. By heav'ns, to heart she takes her head's disgrace,
  3. She weeps, and covers with her hands her face.
  4. She weeps, as in her lap her locks she views;
  5. What woman would not weep, such locks to lose!
  6. Ah, that they still did on her shoulders flow,
  7. Ah, that they now, where once they grew, did grow!
  8. Take courage, fair Corinna, never fear,
  9. Thou shalt not long these borrow'd tresses wear:
  10. Time for your beauty shall this loss repair
  11. And you again shall charm with native hair.

Poem 15, in which the poet boasts his work will outlive him, is not here translated.

Poem 1, in which the poet introduces his second book, is not here translated.

Poem 2, addressed to Bagoe, is not here translated.

  1. How hard's my hap, to have my fair consign'd
  2. To one, who is imperfect in his kind;
  3. To one, who ne'er can have the pow'r to prove
  4. As woman, or as man, the mutual joys of love!
  5. Who practis'd first on boys the cutting steel,
  6. Deserv'd himself the fatal wound to feel.
  7. Couldst thou be capable of Cupid's fires,
  8. Or the least sensible of love's desires,
  9. Some pity thou wouldst have on me, and grant