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. How artfully she to the music moves,
  2. I cry, "How happy is the man she loves!"
  3. My humour, in a word, is plainly this,
  4. All objects please, and nothing comes amiss.
  5. To love, and be belov'd my sole employ:
  6. Dispos'd to be enjoy'd, and to enjoy.
  7. This lady for her length I like, her spread
  8. Will swell my arms, and fill the joyous bed;
  9. She's like the lusty heroines of old,
  10. And with a strong embrace her lover will enfold.
  11. This lass, because she's little, I approve;