Requiem to a Warrior Princess
                                 by
                           Gideon Bernstein

A princess has fallen on the battlefield.
Her grace charms us no more.
Her beauty lies upon her shield
As a casualty of war.
Athena weeps for her brood
Who has gone beyond the stars,
For she has been offered up as food
For her vicious uncle Mars.
Melpomene, o muse of tragedy,
Sing with tears upon thy lyre
For the late goddess of royalty
Whose ashes burn upon the pyre.
She now guards the Heavenly King.
His praises she shall forever sing.

Dedicated to Her Royal Highness, Princess Sally, of blessed memory.