![]() Wroth notes that Venus's "stories of great love" must ignite the fire that will cause young lovers to "Get heat to write the fortunes they have won." She emphasizes the power of literature, "the story," in inspiring passion in others. They had no interest in making the lovers remain faithful to one another, as the poet does. Those figures sought only to cause humans to fall in love. Her muse cannot be responsible for teaching young lovers about passion they must turn to "the discourse of Venus and her sun," where the term sun acts as a pun for son, referencing Venus's son, Cupid, the Roman god of love. Wroth emphasizes joy as the result of practicing truth through its repetition as an internal rhyme. She should address truth, and its "eternal goodness" will lead the muse, and the poet by extension, to the "Enjoying of true joy the most and best, / The endless gain which never will remove." Love alone does not lead to joy it must be bolstered by truth and fidelity to prove beneficial. Instead "these fantasies" should now "move / Some other hearts." The speaker emphasizes that her muse has faithfully presented the truth to her readers and now must focus on that topic herself. ![]() They do not focus on love alone, but on the crucial aspect of fidelity in love.Īs a poet the speaker understands that her words no longer belong to her once on the page and digested by readers. She tells her, "Sleep in the quiet of a faithful love," a reference to the topic, in part, of Wroth's romance and sonnets. ![]() In this stanza Wroth instead dismisses her muse, bidding her "lay thy self to rest," after a job well accomplished that left her muse happy. Wroth's speaker addresses her muse,Ģ80 "MY PAIN, STILL SMOTHERED IN MY GRIEVÈD BREAST"Ī common trope to place at the beginning of Renaissance poetry, as poets call for the muse's guidance in their writing. ![]() Lady Mary Wroth added to her prose romance The Countess of Montgomery's Urania a sonnet sequence, " Pamphilia to Amphilanthus." The concluding sonnet signaled the end of the reader's process, but also of the writer's process. ![]()
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