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. Had I my wish he should no pleasure take,
  2. But slubber o'er your bus'ness for my sake;
  3. And whate'er fortune shall this night befall,
  4. 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,