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Psycheʳɫ�����s Song

Written and performed by Emmie Lo (ʳɫ�����22), Psycheʳɫ�����s Song was inspired by Psycheʳɫ�����s (ʳɫ�����Soulʳɫ�����sʳɫ�����) speech to her parents in Apuleiusʳɫ����� The Golden Ass (4.34), read with Prof. Keyne Cheshire in an advanced Latin course on the novel.

In the novel, after an oracle has commanded that Psyche be married to a fearsome monster, she rebukes her parents for their hesitation and urges them to get on with the funereal wedding. Spoiler alert! The monster will prove to be Cupido (ʳɫ�����Desireʳɫ�����). After all, what is a soul without desire?

Lyrics to ʳɫ�����Psycheʳɫ�����s Songʳɫ����� by Emmie Lo

• Mother, donʳɫ�����t torture your 
  
  waning years with wasted tears.
  
  Father, donʳɫ�����t tear your hair, 
  
  white from all your sighing.
  
  Mother, donʳɫ�����t beat your breast,
  
  sacred breast that gave me rest.
  
  Father, donʳɫ�����t disfigure your 
  
  face with all your crying 
• You shouldʳɫ�����ve mourned me long before,
  
  when for my beauty to adore
  
  strangers came from every land
  
  and crowned me as their Venus.
  
  Envy was our only prize,
  
  burning in the goddessʳɫ����� eyes.
  
  Now in her name I go to die,
  
  if only we had seen it.
•  
• Mother, donʳɫ�����t weary your
  
  precious breath that is my breath
  
  Father, donʳɫ�����t waste it on
  
  all this ceaseless wailing.
  
  Mother, donʳɫ�����t tear your eyes;
  
  hurting them, youʳɫ�����re hurting mine.
  
  Father, come, lead me on
  
  to my fatal wedding.
• Why delay a minute more
  
  and shed more tears behind this door?
  
  Iʳɫ�����ve a lonely rock to climb
  
  to meet my noble husband.
  
  So, sing with me a wedding song
  
  For I will be, before too long,
  
  In the arms of one whoʳɫ�����s born
  
  To bring the world destruction
  
  To bring the world destruction.

Eta Sigma Phi National Honor Society

Since 1929, ʳɫ���� has hosted the Alpha Nu chapter of , the national honorary society for students of Latin and/or Greek. Any student who earns a B or higher in a Greek or Latin course is eligible for initiation.