Muses

Famous quotes containing the word muses:

“Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth.”
—Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.)

“The forward Youth that would appear
Must now forsake his Muses dear,
Nor in the Shadows sing
His Numbers languishing.”
—Andrew Marvell (1621–1678)

“For, whom the Muses smile upon,
And touch with soft persuasion,
His words like a storm-wind can bring
Terror and beauty on their wing;
In his every syllable
Lurketh nature veritable.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)