Melpomene, whose name means "songstress," is the
muse of tragedy.
In art she is often seen holding a tragic mask, cothurnes (or tragic actor's
boots), and the club of Heracles.
Songstress of Sorrow
Riding a nightmare of ebony
Galloping down from your father's mountain
While you sing a song of such delicate and sorrowful beauty
That I wake with tears on my pillow
Dreams of you haunt me until I put
pen to paper
Seeing your eternal face in my
window pane
I find myself conjuring spirits
to drive your sorrow from my heart
But then I call out to you to come
back to me
You're there in every song that
inspires
Every play that moves
Every poem that weeps
Dance in your cothurnes
Empathy and vision will follow
in your wake
--Lady Intricate
You are the 
creature to reach my lair since July 10th, 1999.
