1632 G. Sandys tr. Ovid (new ed.) ii. 46 The Mountaines blaze: High Athos, but too high; Fount-fruitfull Ida, neuer till then drie;..Muse-haunted Helicon [L. virgineus Helicon], [etc.].
1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus lxi. 27 Leave the Thespian hollow-arch'd Rock, muse-haunted, Aonian.
1991 x1 Several of Burgess's other novels are, each in its way, just as inventive: the Muse-haunted tales of the poet Enderby, the Shakespearian fantasy Nothing Like the Sun, [etc.].