Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ERATO, by RAY CLARKE ROSE


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ERATO, by                    
First Line: Dear muse, the sweetest of the potent nine
Last Line: And makes us love thee and thy numbers well.
Subject(s): Love; Nature


Dear muse, the sweetest of the potent nine,
Whose fingers play upon the hearts of men
Until their ardent chords respond again,
Thrilling with love-lorn melody divine,
Methinks I hear a tender note of thine
Drift from the falling autumn leaves, and when
The woodbine bares its scarlet face—ah! then
I know that love has mocked the summer shine.

Each chaliced blossom is a votive shrine
Where nature spreads her fairest gifts for thee;
Each dewy blade that sparkles on the lea
A sacred reliquary crystalline
That holds the secret of thy tender spell,
And makes us love thee and thy numbers well.





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