Ferne Merrylees

Invocation of the Muse from Homer’s Odyssey translated by T.E. Lawrence O DIVINE POESY GODDESS-DAUGHTER OF ZEUS SUSTAIN FOR ME THIS SONG OF THE VARIOUS-MINDED MAN WHO AFTER HE HAD PLUNDERED THE INNERMOST CITADEL OF HALLOWED TROY WAS MADE TO STRAY GRIEVOUSLY ABOUT THE COASTS OF MEN THE SPORT OF THEIR CUSTOMS GOOD OR BAD [...]