Stevie Smith Quotes about Muse

All Stevie Smith Quotes Heart Lying Muse quotes

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.

Wish To Die, Fancy, Muse

Stevie Smith (1969). “The best beast: poems”

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

Wish, Cold, Muse

Stevie Smith (1988). “New Selected Poems of Stevie Smith”, p.95, New Directions Publishing