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Reader | Orphic Hymns, Hymn 3
Orphic Hymns
Orphic tradition
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| Line Ref | Thomas Taylor | English |
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| 1 | Primary Great Heav'n [Ouranos], whose mighty frame no respite knows, father of all, from whom the world arose: |
| 2 | Primary Hear, bounteous parent, source and end of all, forever whirling round this earthly ball; |
| 3 | Primary Abode of Gods, whose guardian pow'r surrounds th' eternal World with ever during bounds; |
| 4 | Primary Whose ample bosom and encircling folds the dire necessity of nature holds. |
| 5 | Primary Aetherial, earthly, whose all-various frame azure and full of forms, no power can tame. |
| 6 | Primary All-seeing Heav'n, progenitor of Time [Kronos], forever blessed, deity sublime, |
| 7 | Primary Propitious on a novel mystic shine, and crown his wishes with a life divine. |