Publius Ovidius Naso, Amores 1.2.1-8

Ovid describes himself as suffering the effects of being in love.

 

Tier 1

quid vocatur? lectus meus tam dura mihi videntur, neque vestes lecti mei in lecto sedent,

 

neque ego per noctem totam dormivi, tam longa est nox, et fessa ossa corporis mei dolent versati?

 

nam, puto, sentirem si quis Amor me temptaret. an Amor subit et callidus mihi nocet arte occulta?

 

sic erit; parvae sagittae in corde mea fixae sunt.

 

Written by Robert Amstutz

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