Dedicated
to Selene, mother moon, Eos, Mother Aurora, Gudrun, Sister Ice, and Oya, Mother
Winds who have helped me live in truth and purity throughout.
Muses,
sweet-speaking daughters of Zeus Kronides
and
mistresses of song, sing next of long-winged Moon!
From her immortal head a heaven-sent glow
envelops the earth and great beauty arises
under its radiance. From her golden crown the dim air
is made to glitter as her rays turn night to
whenever bright Selene, having bathed her beautiful skin
in the Ocean, put on her shining rainment
and harnessed her proud-necked and glittering steeds,
swiftly drives them on as their manes play
with the evening, dividing the months. Her great orbit is full
and as she waxes a most brilliant light appears
in the sky. Thus to mortals she is a sign and a token.
--
Hymn to Selene
