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. Soft moving words, nor charming flattery.
  2. Thus I o'erheard her to my Lucia speak:
  3. "Young Damon's heart wilt thou for ever break
  4. He long has lov'd thee, and by me he sends
  5. To learn thy motions, which he still attends;
  6. If to the park thou go'st, the plays are ill;
  7. If to the plays, he thinks the air would kill.
  8. The other day he gaz'd upon thy face,
  9. As he would grow a statue in the place;
  10. And who indeed does not? like a new star,
  11. Beauty like thine strikes wonder from afar.
  12. Alas! methinks thou art ill-dress'd to-night;
  13. This point's too poor; thy necklace is not right;
  14. This gown was by some botching tailor made,
  15. It spoils thy shape; this fucus is ill laid.