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Reader | Orphic Hymns, Hymn 56
Orphic Hymns
Orphic tradition
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| 1 | Primary Hermes I call, whom Fate decrees to dwell in the dire path which leads to deepest hell |
| 2 | Primary O Bacchic [Bakkheios] Hermes, progeny divine of Dionysius [Dionysos], parent of the vine, |
| 3 | Primary And of celestial Venus [Aphrodite] Paphian queen, dark eye-lash'd Goddess of a lovely mien: |
| 4 | Primary Who constant wand'rest thro' the sacred feats |
| 5 | Primary where hell's dread empress, Proserpine [Persephone], retreats; |
| 6 | Primary To wretched souls the leader of thc way when Fate decrees, to regions void of day: |
| 7 | Primary Thine is the wand which causes sleep to fly, or lulls to slumb'rous rest the weary eye; |
| 8 | Primary For Proserpine [Persephone's] thro' Tart'rus dark and wide gave thee forever flowing souls to guide. |
| 9 | Primary Come, blessed pow'r the sacrifice attend, and grant our mystic works a happy end. |