| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Idea | | Sonnet 45. Muses! which sadly sit about my chair | | Michael Drayton (1563–1631) |
| | [First printed in 1599 (No. 44), and in all later editions.] |
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MUSES! which sadly sit about my chair, | |
| Drowned in the tears extorted by my lines; | |
| With heavy sighs, whilst thus I break the air, | |
| Painting my Passions in these sad designs. | |
| Since She disdains to bless my happy Verse, | 5 |
| The strong built Trophies to her living fame, | |
| Ever henceforth my bosom be your hearse! | |
| Wherein the World shall now entomb her name. | |
| Enclose my music, you poor senseless walls! | |
| Sith She is deaf and will not hear my moans, | 10 |
| Soften yourselves with every tear that falls! | |
| Whilst I, like ORPHEUS, sing to trees and stones. | |
| Which with my plaint seem yet with pity moved, | |
| Kinder than She whom I so long have loved. | | | |
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