Bellona joyns with fair erato too, And with the Destinies do keep adoe, Whom thus she queries: could not you awhile Reprieve his life, until another file Of poems such as these had been drawn up?
"Lucasta"
Richard Lovelace
In the temple to them, which Lesbos became, the freedom of erato was almost of necessity accorded to her priestesses.
"Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern"
Edgar Saltus
Then erato wise muse on thee we call, In Lynes to vs that do'st demonstrate all, Which neatly, with thy staffe and Bowe, Do'st measure, and proportion showe; Motion and Gesture that dost teach That euery height and depth canst reach, And do'st demonstrate by thy Art What nature else would not Impart.
"Minor Poems of Michael Drayton"
Michael Drayton