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Old Muses

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In the Napoleonic Era, the Muse was France,
not only a nation, but an idea, a love so great, the General gave everything within him to it,
his soldiers, his never-ending procession of victories, his very freedom,
until the only thing it was left was his name, fated to eternity.

Lord Byron's Muse was a mad one,
a crazy woman full of misteries and morbid thoughts,
that made more mistakes than anything, driving every single poet to the edge,
until the only thing they could think of was death.

Hello there, Edgar Allan Poe, how are you?
I hope the drink hasn't gone to your head, though there are so many obscure things in there,
I think it would be better just to wash some of them away.
His Muse was darkness, pure darkness, that left him with nothing until he found her himself.

To be or not to be, Shakespeare? This was the only question that ever mattered,
but it seems you went away before you could answer it,
and your Muse cried that night on the stairs of the once great theater,
until your dream faded and reality broke it down.
The good ones are the first to rest
But mine was always one of the worst.
(Muse, o Muse, wherefore art thou?)
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