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. With all the richest jewels of the east:
  2. Rich gems thy quiver, and thy wheels infold,
  3. And hide the poorness of the baser gold.
  4. Then thou shalt conquer many, then.thy darts
  5. Shall scatter thousand wounds on tender hearts:
  6. Thy shafts themselves will fly, thy neighb'ring fire
  7. Will catch mens' breasts, and kindle warm desire.
  8. Thus conqu'ring Bacchus looks in Indian groves,