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. By thy fair face, which I as much adore
  2. As all those gods, and own as much its pow'r,
  3. Forgive me this offence, and I'll offend no more.
  4. Be what thou wilt, thy humour good or ill,
  5. I'll love thee, thou shalt be my mistress still
  6. Ah, let my passion ever favour find,
  7. Or be it with, or be't against my mind,
  8. But rather let me sail before the wind.
  9. Ah, let thy wishes with my will agree,