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 ah! the tender things that made her kind,
  2. Work no such wonders on thy cruel mind.
  3. Wouldst thou my friendly offices repay,
  4. Fate throws a fair occasion in thy way;
  5. Unlock the gate, the morning will not stay.
  6. Unlock the gate; and as thou'rt kind to me,
  7. So may thy gentle lady prove to thee;
  8. May she to loose thy hateful chains incline,