A prayer to Persephone

B. Burtt

Be to her, Persephone,

All the things I might not be;

Take her head upon your knee.

She that was so proud and wild,

Flippant, arrogant and free,

She that had no need of me,

Is a little lonely child

Lost in Hell, -- Persephone,

Take her head upon your knee;

Say to her, "My dear, my dear,

It is not so dreadful here."