Cassiopeia

Ballads and hymns alike 

fawn for forlorn Cassiopeia 

with mirth and visions plenty, she 

bows to nameless anthems sung.

Men clouded with their omens

yearned for daybreak too late  

sapphires, chalcedony, and amethyst

changed their dispositions and fate.

This sweet empire on the cliffs 

chants Alcaeus to day's end

flowing streams of belief 

until centuries relent.