Muse of the golden throne

 Muse of the golden throne, O raise that strain,
 Which once thou used to sweetly sing:
 Come, Cyprian Goddess, and in cups of gold
 Pour forth thy nectar of delight,
 Thou and thy servant, Love!

 Come, rosy-armed, pure Graces,
 sweet-voiced maidens, come
 With winged feet, dance round the altar fair,
 Trampling the fine soft bloom of the grass.

 Hither now, Muses, hither, come!

by Helen Maude Francesca Bantock (von Schweizer) (1868-?) [an adaptation]

a text in English by Henry Thornton Wharton (1846-1895) [text unavailable]

a text in Greek by Sappho (fl. c610-c580 BCE) [text unavailable]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Sir Granville Ransome Bantock (1868-1946) , "Muse of the golden throne", from Sappho: Prelude and Nine Fragments, no. 9.

Date added to the website: 2003-12-01.

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