{"collection":"Classics","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/ovid/lboo/lbool37.htm","path":"cla/ovid/lboo/lbool37.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cla/ovid/lboo/lbool37.htm","text":"Anule, formosae digitum vincture puellae,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0in quo censendum nil nisi dantis amor,\nmunus eas gratum! te laeta mente receptum\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0protinus articulis induat illa suis;\ntam bene convenias, quam mecum convenit illi,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0et digitum iusto commodus orbe teras!\nFelix, a domina tractaberis, anule, nostra;\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0invideo donis iam miser ipse meis.\no utinam fieri subito mea munera possem\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0artibus Aeaeae Carpathiive senis!\ntunc ego, cum cupiam dominae tetigisse papillas\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0et laevam tunicis inseruisse manum,\nelabar digito quamvis angustus et haerens,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0inque sinum mira laxus ab arte cadam.\nidem ego, ut arcanas possim signare tabellas,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0neve tenax ceram siccaque gemma trahat, \numida formosae tangam prius ora puellae -- \n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0tantum ne signem scripta dolenda mihi.\nsi dabor ut condar loculis, exire negabo,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0adstringens digitos orbe minore tuos.\nnon ego dedecori tibi sum, mea vita, futurus,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0quodve tener digitus ferre recuset, onus.\nme gere, cum calidis perfundes imbribus artus,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0damnaque sub gemmam fer pereuntis aquae -- \nsed, puto, te nuda mea membra libidine surgent,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0et peragam partes anulus ille viri.\nInrita quid voveo? parvum proficiscere munus;\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0illa datam tecum sentiat esse fidem!","title":"The Love Books of Ovid: ELEGY XV: To The Ring Which He Is Sending To His Mistress.","type":"page"}