All 5 Uses of
muse
in
The Aeneid
- O Muse! the causes and the crimes relate; What goddess was provok'd, and whence her hate; For what offense the Queen of Heav'n began To persecute so brave, so just a man; Involv'd his anxious life in endless cares, Expos'd to wants, and hurried into wars!†
Book 1
- And now the mighty labor is begun Ye Muses, open all your Helicon.†
Book 7
- What pow'r, O Muses, could avert the flame Which threaten'd, in the fleet, the Trojan name?†
Book 9
- Then Clytius fell beneath his fatal spear, And Creteus, whom the Muses held so dear: He fought with courage, and he sung the fight; Arms were his bus'ness, verses his delight.†
Book 9
- Thou, Muse, the name of Cinyras renew, And brave Cupavo follow'd but by few; Whose helm confess'd the lineage of the man, And bore, with wings display'd, a silver swan.†
Book 10 *