Ovidius exulans or Ovid travestieas Leander to Hero: Laodameia to Protesilaus: Hero to Leander: Penelope to Ulysses: In English Burlesque |
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Had Ovid writ his loves in such a strain,His banishment had been recall'd again.
Bawdy in these Rhimes lawful is; but he
With his obsceness spoil'd good Poetry.
Therefore away to Pontus he must trudge
Cæsar th Prince of Poets being judge:
Here our Translator does even that omit
And in the place of bawdy puts chast wit
Cato may enter, smile too, yet ne're see
Dame Flora naked in her bawdery.
R. L.
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