Euterpe thy name is gladness <br />thou art one of the nine muses <br />daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne <br /> <br /> <br />beautiful goddesses it is thee <br />who govern the various arts <br />that stir ornament human life <br /> <br />quicken perceptions <br />deepen understanding <br />in quest mind mankind <br /> <br />goddesses associated <br />with god Apollo <br />music and healing <br /> <br /> <br />Euterpe thou speaks <br />to poets in lyric poetry <br />juggling flute music <br /> <br />are your favoured passions <br />goddess employed spinning <br />lines poetic in mine spun mind <br /> <br />rejoicing well of delight <br />in music giver of delight <br />river dance of sparkling light <br /> <br /> <br />See also the poem ‘Midnight Call’. <br />Copyright © Terence George Craddock<br /><br />Terence George Craddock (Spectral Images and Images Of Light)<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/euterpe-2/
