MEDUSA

The Gorgons

The sisters three

Sthenno and Euryale

Had immortality

 

Medusa by far

Was most beautiful

But she was

Merely mortal

 

The god Poseidon

And the lovely Medusa

In love, desecrated

The temple of Athena

 

In revenge

Furious goddess Athena

Cruelly punished

The beautiful Medusa  

 

Turning to snakes

Her lovely hair

Making her ugly

With a fatal stare

 

Her visage

Hideous to look upon

Mean death

From Medusa the gorgon

 

With scaly skin

And serpent hair

She awaiting victims

In her lair

 

One night

While Medusa slumbered

Brave Perseus struck

And her head was severed

 

Even after death

To look upon her

Would petrify

Any befalling her stare

 

Brave prince Perseus

After slaying Medusa

Delivered the head

To a grateful Athena