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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) 2 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), carte 3 (search)
We all obey'd the words that Rigour spoke; Devoutly, slow and easy steps we took; Entring the temple, which fam'd artists built, Soft was the front, the lovely roof was gilt; The cheerful quire with well carv'd work was lin'd, And am'rous painting on the pillars shin'd. There Dido, that unhappy dying queen, With false Aeneas, in one piece was seen; And other pictures round the walls were spread, Of men and minds, for love untimely dead. Rais'd in the middle aisle, fond souls to awe, A golden image of the queen we saw; This all adorn'd; some looking fresh and fair, Some worn with grief, or blasted by despair; Some in new mantles dress'd, and some in old, Like half starv'd beggars, ugly to behold. Some pale as death appear'd, some glow'd like fire, Confessing to their inward fierce desire: These with their loud complaints the queen besought To cure those ills that cruel love had wrought; And punish all such authors of their woes, As mock'd their sufferings, or had broke their vows. But