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. In flames of love the fierce Achilles burns,
  2. And, quitting arms, absent Briseis mourns:
  3. From the embraces of Andromache
  4. Went Hector arm'd for war, and victory.
  5. As Agamemnon saw Cassandra pass
  6. With hair dishevell'd, and disorder'd dress,
  7. H' admir'd the beauties of the prophetess:
  8. The god of war was caught in th' act of love;