The Gilded Mount of Olympus

Words to the Wise - Vol. 01.08

The Gilded Mount of Olympus

A gate of clouds,
the passage of the Celestials,
summoned
the palace of Jupiter.

Deities of the underworld,
pacing dusky earth,
feasted
on ambrosia and nectar.

When the sun was set,
the god of music,
Apollo
delighted his golden muses.

As tones of his lyre
invaded the chambers and,
drenched
their dwelling's expanse;

Azured-eyed,
rose toned goddesses,
rejoiced
in divine odyssey.

Minerva rose,
conversed of the affairs, to 
separate
the nectar from the strain.

"So," Homer conceived,
and sang in response, "The goddesses
gilded
the Mount of Olympus." 

Source Material: Bulfinch, Thomas. “Bulfinch’s Mythology: Stories of Gods and Heroes.”, Canterbury Classics, 2015, pp. 9

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