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Melpomene, the songstress
STACE .
‘THE SINGER’
The Muse of Tragedy
Acknowledges and respects the dark side of life which she honours through her rulership of eulogies and tragedies. She knows the opening of the heart we experience when we willingly penetrate the depths of sadness.
Melpomene the "Songstress" is the muse of tragedy in spite of her joyous singing and is represented by the tragic mask. She is sometimes seen with garland, a club and a sword. She is often seen wearing cothurnes, boots traditionally worn by tragic actors, and a crown of cypress.
'But oh Melpomene! thy lyre of wo--
To what a mournful pitch its keys were strung,
And when thou badest its tones of sorrow flow,
Each weeping Muse, enamoured, o'er thee hung:
How sweet--how heavenly sweet, when faintly rose
The song of grief, and at its dying close
The soul seemed melting in the trembling breast;
The eye in dews of pity flowed away,
And every heart, by sorrow's load opprest,
To infant softness sunk, as breathed thy mournful lay.'
from 'An Ode To Music', by James G. Percival
Oil on stretched canvas, ready to hang.
Hand Painted in the North Island of New Zealand
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