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Reader | Orphic Hymns, Hymn 23
Orphic Hymns
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| 1 | Primary Daughters of Nereus, resident in caves merg'd deep in Ocean, sporting thro' the waves; |
| 2 | Primary Fanatic fifty nymphs [Nymphai Einalioi], who thro' the main delight to follow in the Triton's train, |
| 3 | Primary Rejoicing close behind their cars to keep; whose forms half wild, are nourish'd by the deep, |
| 4 | Primary With other nymphs of different degree leaping and wand'ring thro' the liquid sea: |
| 5 | Primary Bright, wat'ry dolphins, sonorous and gay, well pleas'd to sport with bachanalian play; |
| 6 | Primary Nymphs beauteous-ey'd, whom sacrifice delights, send rich abundance on our mystic rites; |
| 7 | Primary For you at first disclos'd the rites divine, of holy Bacchus [Bakkhos] and of Proserpine [Phersephoneia], |
| 8 | Primary Of fair Calliope from whom I spring, and of Apollo bright, the Muse's king. |