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. 'Tis so, the shaft sticks deep, and galls my breast;
  2. 'Tis tyrant love, that robs my thoughts of rest!
  3. Well, shall I tamely yield, or must I fight?
  4. I'll yield; 'tis patience makes a burden light:
  5. A shaken torch grows fierce, and sparks arise;
  6. But, if unmov'd, the fire looks pale and dies.
  7. The hard-mouth'd horse smarts for his fierce disdain
  8. The gentle's ridden with a looser rein.
  9. Love smooths the gentle, but the fierce reclaims;
  10. He fires their breasts, and fills their souls with flames.