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. From one 'twere hard continually to rake.
  2. Without new gowns and coaches, who can live ?
  3. What does thy poet but new verses give?
  4. A poet, the last thing that earth does breed,
  5. Whose wit, for sixpence, any one may read.
  6. Hang the poor lover, and his pedigree;
  7. The thriving merchant, or fat judge, give me.
  8. Love truly none, but seem in love with all,
  9. And at old friends to thy new lovers rail.
  10. Sometimes deny, 'twill appetite procure;
  11. The sharp-set hawks will stoop to any lure.