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. Has some enchantress this confusion brought,
  2. And in soft wax my tortur'd image wrought
  3. Deep in the liver is the needle fix'd ?
  4. Plagues she by numbers, or by juices mix'd?
  5. By numbers sudden the ripe harvest die,
  6. And fruitful urns no more their streams supply;
  7. Oaks shed, unshook, their acorns at the call,
  8. And the vine wonders why her clusters fall.
  9. Why may not magic act on me the same,
  10. Unstring the nerves, and quite untune the frame!
  11. Gall'd at the heart, and longing to perform,
  12. I rais'd indeed, but rais'd an empty storm;
  13. Most disappointed when the most propense,
  14. And shame was second cause of impotence.