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Reader | Orphic Hymns, Hymn 63
Orphic Hymns
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| 1 | Primary The holy king of Gods and men I call, celestial Law [Nomos], the righteous seal of all; |
| 2 | Primary The seal which stamps whate'er the earth contains, Nature's firm basis, and the liquid plains: |
| 3 | Primary Stable, and starry, of harmonious frame, preserving laws eternally the same: |
| 4 | Primary Thy all-composing pow'r in heaven appears, connects its frame, and props the starry spheres; |
| 5 | Primary And shakes weak Envy with tremendous sound, toss'd by thy arm in giddy whirls around. |
| 6 | Primary 'Tis thine, the life of mortals to defend, and crown existence with a blessed end; |
| 7 | Primary For thy command and alone, of all that lives order and rule to ev'ry dwelling gives: |
| 8 | Primary Ever observant of the upright mind, and of just actions the companion kind; |
| 9 | Primary Foe to the lawless, with avenging ire, their steps involving in destruction dire. |
| 10 | Primary Come, bless, abundant pow'r, whom all revere, by all desir'd, with favr'ing mind draw near; |
| 11 | Primary Give me thro' life, on thee to fix my fight, and ne'er forsake the equal paths of right. |