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Reader | Orphic Hymns, Hymn 84
Orphic Hymns
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| 1 | Primary Sleep [Hypnos], king of Gods, and men of mortal birth, sov'reign of all sustain'd by mother Earth; |
| 2 | Primary For thy dominion is supreme alone, o'er all extended, and by all things known. |
| 3 | Primary 'Tis thine all bodies with benignant mind in other bands than those of brass to bind: |
| 4 | Primary Tamer of cares, to weary toil repose, from whom sweet solace in affliction flows. |
| 5 | Primary Thy pleasing, gentle chains preserve the soul, and e'en the dreadful cares of death controul; |
| 6 | Primary For Death [Thanatos] and Lethe with oblivious stream, mankind thy genuine brothers justly deem. |
| 7 | Primary With fav'ring aspect to my pray'r incline, and save thy mystics in their works divine. |