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Reader | Orphic Hymns, Hymn 43
Orphic Hymns
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| 1 | Primary Cadmean Goddess, universal queen, thee, Semele I call, of beauteous mien; |
| 2 | Primary Deep-bosom'd, lovely flowing locks are thine, mother of Bacchus [Dionysos], joyful and divine, |
| 3 | Primary The mighty offspring, whom love's thunder bright, forc'd immature, and fright'ned into light: |
| 4 | Primary Born from the deathless counsels, secret, high, of Jove Saturnian [Zeus Kronion], regent of the sky |
| 5 | Primary Whom Proserpine [Persephone] permits to view the light, and visit mortals from the realms of night: |
| 6 | Primary Constant attending on the sacred rites, and feast triennial, which thy soul delights; |
| 7 | Primary When thy son's wond'rous birth mankind relate, and secrets deep, and holy celebrate. |
| 8 | Primary Now I invoke thee, great Cadmean queen, to bless these rites with countenance serene. |