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. Love smooths the gentle, but the fierce reclaims;
  2. He fires their breasts, and fills their souls with flames.
  3. I yield; great Love, my former crimes forgive,
  4. Forget my rebel thoughts, and let me live;
  5. No need of force: I willingly obey,
  6. And now unarm'd, shall prove no glorious prey.
  7. Go take thy mother's doves, thy myrtle crown,
  8. And for thy chariot, Mars shall lend his own;