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. So mayst thou with Osiris still find grace:
  2. By Anubis's venerable face,
  3. I pray thee, so may still thy rights divine
  4. Flourish, and serpents round thy offerings twine
  5. May Apis with his horns the pomp attend,
  6. And be to thee, as thou'rt to her, a friend.
  7. Look down, oh Isis! on the teeming fair,
  8. And make at once her life and mine thy care:
  9. Have pity on her pains; the help you give
  10. To her, her lover saves, in her I live.
  11. From thee this favour she deserves; she pays
  12. Her vows to thee on all thy solemn days;
  13. And when the Galli at thy altars wait,
  14. She's present at the feast they celebrate.
  15. And thou, Lucina, who the labouring womb
  16. Dost with compassion view, to her assistance come:
  17. Nor dost thou, when to thee thy votaries pray
  18. For speedy help, thy wanted help delay.
  19. Lucina, listen to Corinna's pray'r;
  20. Thy votary she, and worthy of thy care.