Erato
Erato the
"Lovely" is the muse of love, poetry and mimicry, and is seen with a lyre and
sometimes wears a crown of roses.
But when Erato
brushed her flowery lute,
What strains of sweetness whispered in the wind!
Soft as at evening when the shepherd's flute
To tones of melting love alone resigned,
Breathes through the windings of the silent vale;
Complaining accents tremble on the gale,
Or notes of ecstacy serenely roll.
So when the smiling muse of Cupid sung,
Her melody sighed out the sorrowing soul,
Or o'er her silken chords sweet notes of gladness rung.
from An Ode To Music,
by James G. Percival
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