Penelope is exasperated by suitors urging her to remarry and forget O. She is frustrated at her husband’s complete disappearance and wishes that he would just come home.
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“Come Home” from HOMER IN CYBERSPACE
Music: Roger Bourland
Lyrics: Mel Shapiro
Soprano: Grace Wall
Trumpet: Jens Lindemann
© 2008 Roger Bourland and Mel Shapiro
Image: PENELOPE WAITING FOR ULYSSES
The patient grief and endurance of Absence: the loyal wife puts off her suitors.
Painting by Rudolph von Deutsch.
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