Three Farewells

Song Cycle by Marilyn Bliss (b. 1954)

1. On the Death of Cleopatra‑Selene
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
She too went dark
As dusk began
The moon, the moon 
Covering up
Her grief with night,

Because she saw
Her lovely namesake, 
Breathless Sclene,
Setting into
Gloomy Hades.

With her she had shared 
The Beauty of her light, 
And with her death 
She mixed her proper 
Darkness.

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