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. But add not to his joy by your consent,
  2. And let it not be given, but only lent;
  3. Return no kiss, nor move in any sort,
  4. Make it a dull and a malignant sport.
  5. Had I my wish he should no pleasure take,
  6. But slubber o'er your bus'ness for my sake;
  7. And whate'er fortune shall this night befall,
  8. Coax me to morrow by forswearing all.
  1. 'Twas noon when I, scorch'd with the double fire
  2. Of the hot sun and my more hot desire,
  3. Stretch'd on my downy couch at ease was laid,
  4. Big with expectance of the lovely maid.
  5. The curtains but half drawn, a light let in
  6. Such as in shades of thickest groves is seen,
  7. Such as remains when the sun flies away,
  8. Or when night's gone, and yet it is not day.
  9. This light to modest maids must be allow'd,
  10. Where shame may hope its guilty head to shroud.
  11. And now my love Corinna did appear,
  12. Loose on her neck fell her divided hair;