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Reader | Orphic Hymns, Hymn 41
Orphic Hymns
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| 1 | Primary Call Thesmophorus, spermatic God [Dionysos], of various names, who bears the leafy rod: |
| 2 | Primary Mises [Misa], ineffable, pure, sacred queen, two-fold Iacchus, male and female seen: |
| 3 | Primary Illustr'ous, whether to rejoice is thine in incense offer'd, in the fane divine; |
| 4 | Primary Or if in Phrygia most thy soul delights, performing with thy mother sacred rites; |
| 5 | Primary Or if the land of Cyprus is thy care, well pleas'd to dwell with Cytherea [Kythereia] fair; |
| 6 | Primary Or if exulting in the fertile plains with thy dark mother Isis, where she reigns, |
| 7 | Primary With nurses pure attended, near the flood of sacred Egypt, thy divine abode: |
| 8 | Primary Wherever resident, blest pow'r attend, and with benignant mind these labours end. |