Wednesday, April 7, 2010

The Teares Of The Muses Comments

Rating: 2.8

Rehearse to me ye sacred Sisters nine:
The golden brood of great Apolloes wit,
Those piteous plaints and sorrowful sad tine,
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Susan Williams 07 January 2016

The Tears of the Muses are complaints that Spenser [and all 9 of the Muses ]have against all the discouragements that he has suffered at the hands of critics and the decay of patronage that has resulted from these censurers. The poem is long, really, really long, and all the complaining gets a bit monotonous.

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