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. I lov'd her first, and lov'd her then alone,
  2. But now, I fear, I share her with the town.
  3. Am I deceiv'd or can she be the same,
  4. Who only to my verses owes her fame
  5. My verse a price upon her beauty laid,
  6. And by my praises she her market made;
  7. Whom but myself can I with reason blame?
  8. Without me she had never had a name.
  9. Did I do this, who knew her soul so well?