THE TENTH MUSE
She tells us all we needn’t know;
She always draws the longest bow;
She dramatizes guilt and crime;
Exalts the mummer and the mime;
Worships success, however won;
Confounds vulgarity with fun;
Lends credence to each passing craze,
Fans party rancour to a blaze,
Till people of a sober mind
Grow envious of the deaf and blind.
O what are all the other Nine,
The Muses fondly deemed divine
Matched with the Tenth, the modern Muse,
That now manipulates our news.