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.