Homer's Hymn to the Moon by Percy Bysshe Shelley
The speaker calls on the Muses to sing of the Moon, whose light spreads over earth and whose chariot carries her as her crescent grows into a full circle. She bears Pandeia after joining the Son of Saturn in love and sleep. The speaker hails the Moon and promises that a song beginning with her will immortalize demigods' deeds.
By Percy Bysshe Shelley · Genre: Classical Poetry, Mythological Poetry · 323 words
First lines
Daughters of Jove, whose voice is melody, / Muses, who know and rule all minstrelsy / Sing the wide-winged Moon! Around the earth, / From her immortal head in Heaven shot forth, / Far light is scattered-boundless glory springs; / Where'er she spreads her many-beaming wings / The lampless air glows round her golden crown.
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Classical Poetry, Mythological Poetry
- Length: 323 words
- Structure: 1 section, 4 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Standard (8th-9th Grade)
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Genres
- Classical Poetry — The verse invokes the Muses and salutes the Moon as a divinity, combining her celestial journey with divine genealogy.
- Mythological Poetry — The Moon bathes in Ocean, drives immortal steeds and bears Pandeia after joining the Son of Saturn.
Tags
hymn · mythology · moon · classical · lyric