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. If any poor remains survive the flames,
  2. Except thin shadows, and more empty names;
  3. Free in Elysium shall Tibullus rove,
  4. Nor fear a second death should cross his love.
  5. There shall Catullus, crown'd with bays, impart
  6. To his far dearer friend his open heart.
  7. There Gallus (if fame's hundred tongues all lie)
  8. Shall, free from censure, no more rashly die.
  9. Such shall our poet's bless'd companions be,
  10. And in their deaths, as in their lives, agree.
  11. But thou, rich urn, obey my strict commands,
  12. Guard thy great charge from sacrilegious hands.
  13. Thou, earth, Tibullus' ashes gently use,
  14. And be as soft and easy as his muse.
  1. Now Ceres' feast is come, the trees are blown,
  2. And my Corinna now must lie alone.
  3. And why, good Ceres, must thy feast destroy
  4. Man's chief delight, and why disturb his joy ?
  5. The world esteems you bountiful and good,
  6. You led us from the field and from the wood,