Hymn 25 To the Muses and Apollo
translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1914)
print edition: Internet Archive
1I will begin with the Muses and Apollo and Zeus. For it is through the Muses and Apollo that there are singers upon the earth and players upon the lyre; but kings are from Zeus. Happy is he whom the Muses
5love: sweet flows speech from his lips. Hail, children of Zeus! Give honor to my song! And now I will remember you and another song also.