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Reader | Orphic Hymns, Hymn 12
Orphic Hymns
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| 1 | Primary Etherial father, mighty Titan, hear, great fire of Gods and men, whom all revere: |
| 2 | Primary Endu'd with various council, pure and strong, to whom perfection and decrease belong. |
| 3 | Primary Consum'd by thee all forms that hourly die, by thee restor'd, their former place supply; |
| 4 | Primary The world immense in everlasting chains, strong and ineffable thy pow'r contains |
| 5 | Primary Father of vast eternity, divine, O mighty Saturn [Kronos], various speech is thine: |
| 6 | Primary Blossom of earth and of the starry skies, husband of Rhea, and Prometheus wife. |
| 7 | Primary Obstetric Nature, venerable root, from which the various forms of being shoot; |
| 8 | Primary No parts peculiar can thy pow'r enclose, diffus'd thro' all, from which the world arose, |
| 9 | Primary O, best of beings, of a subtle mind, propitious hear to holy pray'rs inclin'd; |
| 10 | Primary The sacred rites benevolent attend, and grant a blameless life, a blessed end. |