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. Set Europe and proud Asia in a flame.
  2. For Helen, ravish'd by the Dardan boy,
  3. Was the war wag'd that sunk the pride of Troy;
  4. The Centaurs double form'd, half man, half beast,
  5. Defil'd with horrid war the nuptial feast;
  6. Inflam'd by wine and woman's magic charms,
  7. They turn'd the jolly face of joy to arms.
  8. 'Twas woman urg'd the strife; a second fair
  9. Involv'd the Trojans in a second war.
  10. What wreck, what ruin, did a Woman bring
  11. On peaceful Latium, and its pious king!