 She also took under her patronage the poets who had looked to her brother for protection.Spenser dedicated his "Ruines of Time" to her, and refers to her as "Urania" in "Colin Clout's come home againe"; in Spenser's "Astrophel" she is "Clorinda".In 1599 Queen Elizabeth was her guest at Wilton, and the Countess composed for the occasion a pastoral dialogue in praise of Astraea.