Tithonus spawned of the seed of Laomedon

And the womb of the water nymph Strymo

As a warrior of Troy, young and virile

Was abducted by a lovelorn Eos, Titan of Dawn

Bearing two sons Memnon and Emathion

The saga of adoration was replete with bliss

When the deity yearned for her lovers immortality

Granted this boon of Zeus, she rejoiced in rapture

But to her folly she did not ask eternal youth

To keep Tithonus young and virile

As Time passed he lived but lost strength

The boon was now a curse to be endured

His love was lost only pain of living remained

As he yearned for death and relief

Eos closed him him behind shining doors to lament

He pined away into a grasshopper

And eternally mourns its life

And prays for the ambrosia of death…