Orpheus And Euridyce (Refrain Stanza) Poem by Gert Strydom

Everything animate and inanimate heard his lire
while his music brought to the heart desire
his songs did enchant with great beauty
and did set the spirit and soul free
but when a viper killed Euridyce whom he did love and admire
Orpheus went down into the under-earthly hell,
played with the lire to put Hades under its spell,
regained Euridyce but looking back her life did expire
while his music brought to the heart desire.

© Gert Strydom