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. Ere she begins will shut the chamber door:
  2. And will you turn debauch'd, then vainly own
  3. How lewd you are, to this malicious town?
  4. At least seem virtuous, and tho' false you be,
  5. Say you are honest, and I'll credit thee.
  6. Conceal your actions, and while I am by,
  7. Let modest words your looser thoughts belie;
  8. When to your private chamber you retire,
  9. Unmask your lust, and vent each warm desire;
  10. Throw off affected coyness, and remove