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 while I celebrate thy charming name,
  2. My verse shall be as sacred as my flame.
  3. Jove's sev'ral rapes, his injur'd Io's wrongs,
  4. Are made immortal in his poet's songs.
  5. Verse still reveals where Leda's flames began,
  6. Rais'd by the secret godhead in the swan,
  7. The story of the rape Europa bore,
  8. Shall last while winds shall rage, or waters roar.
  9. Your name shall live like theirs, while verse endures,
  10. And mine be ever writ, and read with yours.