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. If I praise any one, you tear your hair,
  2. Show frantic tricks, and rage with wild despair;
  3. If discommend, 0 then 'tis all deceit,
  4. I strive to cloak my passion by the cheat.
  5. If I look well, I then neglect your charms,
  6. Lie dull and lazy in your active arms;
  7. If weak my voice, if pale my looks appear,
  8. 0 then I languish for another fair.
  9. Would I did sin, and you with cause complain,