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Reader | Orphic Hymns, Hymn 52
Orphic Hymns
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| 1 | Primary Terrestrial Dionysius [Dionysos Khthonios], hear my pray'r, awak'ned rise with nymphs of lovely hair: |
| 2 | Primary Great Amphietus Bacchus, annual God, who laid asleep in Proserpine's [Persephone's] abode, |
| 3 | Primary Did'st lull to drowsy and oblivious rest, the rites triennial, and the sacred feast; |
| 4 | Primary Which rous'd again by thee, in graceful ring, thy nurses round thee mystic anthems sing; |
| 5 | Primary When briskly dancing with rejoicing pow'rs, thou mov'st in concert with the circling hours. |
| 6 | Primary Come, blessed, fruitful, horned, and divine, and on these rites with joyful aspect shine; |
| 7 | Primary Accept the general incense and the pray'r, and make prolific holy fruits thy care. |