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Reader | Orphic Hymns, Hymn 11
Orphic Hymns
Orphic tradition
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| 1 | Primary Hear, pow'rful, Hercules [Herakles] untam'd and strong, to whom vast hands, and mighty works belong, |
| 2 | Primary Almighty Titan, prudent and benign, of various forms, eternal and divine, |
| 3 | Primary Father of Time [khronos], the theme of gen'ral praise, ineffable, ador'd in various ways. |
| 4 | Primary Magnanimous, in divination skill'd and in the athletic labours of the field. |
| 5 | Primary 'Tis thine strong archer, all things to devour, supreme, all-helping, all-producing pow'r; |
| 6 | Primary To thee mankind as their deliv'rer pray, whose arm can chase the savage tribes away: |
| 7 | Primary Uweary'd, earth's best blossom, offspring fair, to whom calm peace, and peaceful works are dear. |
| 8 | Primary Self-born, with primogenial fires you shine, and various names and strength of heart are thine. |
| 9 | Primary Thy mighty head supports the morning light, and bears untam'd, the silent gloomy night; |
| 10 | Primary From east to west endu'd with strength divine, twelve glorious labours to absolve is thine; |
| 11 | Primary Supremely skill'd, thou reign'st in heav'n's abodes, thyself a God amid'st th' immortal Gods. |
| 12 | Primary With arms unshaken, infinite, divine, come, blessed pow'r, and to our rites incline; |
| 13 | Primary The mitigations of disease convey, and drive disasterous maladies away. |
| 14 | Primary Come, shake the branch with thy almighty arm, dismiss thy darts and noxious fate disarm. |