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| 1 | Primary Daughters of Jove [Zeus and Mnemosyne], dire-sounding and divine, |
| 2 | Primary renown'd Pierian, sweetly speaking Nine; |
| 3 | Primary To those whose breasts your sacred furies fire much-form'd, the objects of supreme desire: |
| 4 | Primary Sources of blameless virtue to mankind, who form to excellence the youthful mind; |
| 5 | Primary Who nurse the soul, and give her to descry the paths of right with Reason's steady eye. |
| 6 | Primary Commanding queens who lead to sacred light the intellect refin'd from Error's night; |
| 7 | Primary And to mankind each holy rite disclose, for mystic knowledge from your nature flows. |
| 8 | Primary Clio, and Erato, who charms the sight, with thee Euterpe minist'ring delight: |
| 9 | Primary Thalia flourishing, Polymina fam'd, Melpomene from skill in music nam'd: |
| 10 | Primary Terpischore, Urania heav'nly bright, with thee who gav'st me to behold the light. |
| 11 | Primary Come, venerable, various, pow'rs divine, with fav'ring aspect on your mystics shine; |
| 12 | Primary Bring glorious, ardent, lovely, fam'd desire, and warm my bosom with your sacred fire. |