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Euripides, The Trojan Women (ed. E. P. Coleridge) 4 0 Browse Search
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P. Ovidius Naso, Art of Love, Remedy of Love, Art of Beauty, Court of Love, History of Love, Amours (ed. various), Elegy VIII: To Corinna's Chambermaid. By the same hand. (search)
sired joy; Thro' whose soft eyes still secret wishes shine, Fit for thy mistress' use, but more for mine; Who, Betty, did the fatal secret see? Who told Corinna you were kind to me! Yet when she chid me for my kind embrace, Did any guilty blush spread o'er my face! Did I betray thee, maid, or could she spy The least confession in my conscious eye ! Not that I think it a disgrace to prove Stol'n sweets, or make a chambermaid my love; Achilles wanton'd in Briseis' arms, Atrides bow'd to fair Cassandra's charms: Sure I am less than these,-then what can bring Disgrace to me, that so became a king ! But when she look'd on you, poor harmless maid, You blush'd, and all the kind intrigue betray'd; Yet still I vow'd, I made a stout defence, I swore, and look'd as bold as innocence; "Damme, -- egad!" all that, and -- "let me die!"' Kind Venus, do not hear my perjury; Kind Venus, stop thy ears when lovers lie. Now, Betty, how will you my oaths requite? Come, pr'ythee let's compound for more deli