Ashdown Park, Friday morning

«.…. All the nine Muses came here with Mr. Thomson, wit and sprightliness with Billy (William, earl Talbot), and wisdom (though she left her solemn, state behind her), with the Solicitor... » (Rundle à Mrs. Sandys, lettre XXV.) :

2. Musing, I lay; warm from the sacred walks, Where at each step imagination burns.

(Liberty, Part. I, v. 45, 16.)