Summary

Portrait of Ovid Ovid Amores — The Afternoon Affair

Part of the window was thrown open, the other part was closed,
Almost the kind of light the woods are accustomed to have,
The kind shining faintly when the twilight flees from Phoebus
Or when the night has gone but the day not yet risen.
That is the light that must be provided for shy girls,
In which their timid modesty hopes to have a hiding-place.
Look, Corinna comes veiled in an unbelted tunic,
With her parted hair covering her fair neck,
In the same way it is said that beautiful Sameramis went into
Her bedchamber and Lais loved by many men.
I tore off her tunic
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