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| 1 | Primary Much-nam'd, and best of daemons, hear my pray'r, the desart-loving, deck'd with tender hair; |
| 2 | Primary Joy to diffuse, by all desir'd is thine, much form'd, Eubulus [Eubouleos]; aliment divine |
| 3 | Primary Female and Male, all charming to the sight, Adonis ever flourishing and bright; |
| 4 | Primary At stated periods doom'd to set and rise, with splendid lamp, the glory of the skies. |
| 5 | Primary Two-horn'd and lovely, reverenc'd with tears, of beauteous form, adorn'd with copious hairs. |
| 6 | Primary Rejoicing in the chace, all-graceful pow'r, sweet plant of Venus [Aphrodite], Love's [Eors'] delightful flow'r: |
| 7 | Primary Descended from the secret bed divine, of lovely-hair'd, infernal Proserpine [Persephone]. |
| 8 | Primary 'Tis thine to fink in Tartarus profound, and shine again thro' heav'ns illustrious round, |
| 9 | Primary With beauteous temp'ral orb restor'd to sight; come, with earth's fruits, and in these flames delight. |