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Reader | Orphic Hymns, Hymn 86
Orphic Hymns
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| 1 | Primary Hear me, O Death [Thanatos], whose empire unconfin'd, extends to mortal tribes of ev'ry kind. |
| 2 | Primary On thee, the portion of our time depends, whose absence lengthens life, whose presence ends. |
| 3 | Primary Thy sleep perpetual bursts the vivid folds, by which the soul, attracting body holds: |
| 4 | Primary Common to all of ev'ry sex and age, for nought escapes thy all-destructive rage; |
| 5 | Primary Not youth itself thy clemency can gain, vig'rous and strong, by thee untimely slain. |
| 6 | Primary In thee, the end of nature's works is known, in thee, all judgment is absolv'd alone: |
| 7 | Primary No suppliant arts thy dreadful rage controul, no vows revoke the purpose of thy soul; |
| 8 | Primary O blessed pow'r regard my ardent pray'r, and human life to age abundant spare. |