Honeyed Muse swaggers,
Eyes crave greatest wish,
It leads, we follow….
“For if you grant admission to the Honeyed Muse in lyric or epic, pleasure and pain will be the lords of your city instead of law“— Plato (Republic 607 a).

[1] Unreleased score from the radio programme “On a Note of Triumph,” Bernard Herrmann. Web. 22 October 2011: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGLfXDBK1c4&feature=related (Note: Corwin’s prayer, “On a Note of Triumph,” does not begin on this video until after four-plus minutes of dramatic music.)