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. The farmer lost his crop and knew not why;
  2. When he had toil'd, manur'd his grounds, and plough' d,
  3. Harrow'd his fields, and broke his clods, and sow'd,
  4. No corn appear'd, none to reward his pain,
  5. His labour and his wishes were in vain.
  6. For Ceres wand'red in the woods and groves,
  7. And often heard, and often told her loves:
  8. Then Crete alone a fruitful summer knew,
  9. Where'er the goddess came a harvest grew.
  10. Ida was grey with corn, the furious boar
  11. Grew fat with wheat, and wonder'd at the store:
  12. The Cretans wish'd that such all years would prove,
  13. They wish'd that Ceres would be long in love.
  14. Well then, since then 'twas hard for you to lie
  15. All night alone, why at your feast must I ?
  16. Why must I mourn, when you rejoice to know
  17. Your daughter safe, and queen of all below?
  18. 'Tis holy-day, and calls for wine and love;
  19. Come, let's the height of mirth and humor prove,
  20. These gifts will please our master pow'rs above.