Stevie Smith - Muse Quotes

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Why does my Muse only speak when she is unhappy?
She does not, I only listen when I am unhappy
When I am happy I live and despise writing
For my Muse this cannot but be dispiriting.

Stevie Smith

My Muse sits forlorn She wishes she had not been born She sits in the cold No word she says is ever told.

Stevie Smith

So I fancy my Muse says, when I wish to die,
Oh no, Oh no, we are not yet friends enough,
And Virtue also says:
We are not yet friends enough.

Stevie Smith