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. There modesty, with veils thrown o'er her face,
  2. Now doubly blushing at her own disgrace;
  3. There sober thoughts, and whatso'er disdains
  4. Love's rules, shall feel his power, and bear his chains:
  5. Then all shall fear, all bow, yet all rejoice;
  6. "Io triumphe" be the public voice.
  7. Thy constant guards, soft fancy, hope and fear,
  8. Anger, and soft caresses shall be there: