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. And in their deaths, as in their lives, agree.
  2. But thou, rich urn, obey my strict commands,
  3. Guard thy great charge from sacrilegious hands.
  4. Thou, earth, Tibullus' ashes gently use,
  5. 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 ?