Thesauros Literature elegy Amores

Amores

Amores Ovid 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D

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Io Triumphe! I have won the prize,
 
For in my arms the fair Corinna lies.
 
Nor jealous husband, nor a guardian's care,
 
Nor door defended with a double bar,
 
Could fence against a lover's artifice, 5
 
For in my arms the fair Corinna lies.
 
With reason of my victory I boast,
 
The conquest gain'd, and yet no blood is lost;
 
I scal'd no walls, I pass'd no ditch profound,
 
Safe were my wars, and all without a wound. 10
 
My only work a charming girl to gain;
 
The pleasure well rewards the little pain.
 
Ten years the Greeks did in one siege employ,
 
But levell'd were, at length, the walls of Troy;
 
What glory was there by th' Atrides won, 15
 
So many chiefs before a single town!
 
Not thus did I my pleasant toils pursue,
 
And the whole glory to myself is due;
 
Myself was horse and foot, myself alone
 
The captain and the soldier was in one, 20
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