Love
Lines Written in an Ovid
From Poems on Several Occasions
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OVID is the surest guide,
You can name, to show the way
To any woman, maid, or bride,
Who resolves to go astray.
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Codex Note
A four-line epigram that calls Ovid the surest guide to any woman who means to go astray.
Cite this poem
MLA
Prior, Matthew. “Lines Written in an Ovid.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/prior/28/.
Chicago
Prior, Matthew. “Lines Written in an Ovid.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/prior/28/.
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