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Reader | Orphic Hymns, Hymn 78
Orphic Hymns
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| 1 | Primary Illustrious Themis, of celestial birth, thee I invoke, young blossom of the earth; |
| 2 | Primary Beauteous-eyed virgin; first from thee alone, prophetic oracles to men were known, |
| 3 | Primary Giv'n from the deep recesses of the fane in sacred Pytho, where renown'd you reign; |
| 4 | Primary From thee, Apollo's oracles arose, and from thy pow'r his inspiration flows. |
| 5 | Primary Honour'd by all, of form divinely bright, majestic virgin, wand'ring in the night: |
| 6 | Primary Mankind from thee first learnt initial rites, and Bacchus' nightly choirs thy soul delights; |
| 7 | Primary For holy honours to disclose is thine, with all the culture of the pow'rs divine. |
| 8 | Primary Be present, Goddess, to my pray'r inclin'd, and bless the mystic rites with fav'ring mind. |