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. Read in my looks what silently they speak,
  2. And slily, with your eyes, your answer make.
  3. My lifted eye-brow shall declare my pain,
  4. My right hand to his fellow shall complain;
  5. And on the back a letter shall design,
  6. Beside a note that shall be writ in wine.
  7. Whene'er you think upon our last embrace,
  8. With your fore-finger gently touch your face.
  9. If any word of mine offend my dear,
  10. Pull with your hand the velvet of your ear;
  11. If you are pleas'd with what I do or say,
  12. Handle your rings, or vith your fingers play.
  13. As suppliants use at altars, hold the board,
  14. Whene'er you wish the devil may take your lord.
  15. When he fills for you, never touch the cup,
  16. But bid th' officious cuckold drink it up:
  17. The waiter on those services employ;
  18. Drink you, and I will snatch it from the boy,