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. Besides, she dresses well, with lovely grace
  2. She sets thy tow'r, and does adorn thy face;
  3. Thy nat'ral beauty all her hearts improve,
  4. And make me more enamour'd of my love.
  5. Then why should I tempt her, and why betray
  6. Thy useful slave, and have her turn'd away?
  7. I swear by Venus, by love's darts and bow,
  8. (A desp'rate oath, you must believe me now,)
  9. I am not guilty, I've not broke my vow!
  1. Dear, skilful Betty, who dost far excel
  2. My lady's other maids in dressing well;
  3. Dear Betty, fit to be preferred above
  4. To Juno's chamber, or the queen of love;
  5. Genteel, well-bred, not rustically coy,
  6. Not easy to deny desired joy;
  7. Thro' whose soft eyes still secret wishes shine,
  8. Fit for thy mistress' use, but more for mine;
  9. Who, Betty, did the fatal secret see?
  10. Who told Corinna you were kind to me!
  11. Yet when she chid me for my kind embrace,