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Reader | Orphic Hymns, Hymn 64
Orphic Hymns
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| 1 | Primary Magnanimous, unconquer'd, boistrous Mars, in darts rejoicing, and in bloody wars |
| 2 | Primary Fierce and untam'd, whose mighty pow'r can make the strongest walls from their foundations shake: |
| 3 | Primary Mortal destroying king, defil'd with gore, pleas'd with war's dreadful and tumultuous roar: |
| 4 | Primary Thee, human blood, and swords, and spears delight, and the dire ruin of mad savage fight. |
| 5 | Primary Stay, furious contests, and avenging strife, whose works with woe, embitter human life; |
| 6 | Primary To lovely Venus [Kypris], and to Bacchus [Lyaios] yield, to Ceres [Deo] give the weapons of the field; |
| 7 | Primary Encourage peace, to gentle works inclin'd, and give abundance, with benignant mind. |