The Homeric Hymn to the Muses and Apollo (Homeric Hymn 25)

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To the Muses and to Apollo

I'll begin with the Muses, with Apollo and with Zeus:
For thanks to the Muses and far-shooting Apollo
Men may be singers on the earth, and kithara-players,
And thanks to Zeus they may be kings: he’s lucky, he whom the Muses
Cherish: sweet-tasting speech flows from his mouth.
Hail, children of Zeus! Honour my song,
And I in turn will remember you, and another also by song.