Muses' Whisper

Verse

Orphic Hymns

Hymn 2, Line 2 by Thomas Taylor (English)

Hear, blessed Venus [Kypris], deck'd with starry light, in sleep's deep silence dwelling Ebon night!

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Archival source: https://archive.org/details/b28775430. Extracted from Theoi HTML for hymn 2; bracketed Greek names follow Theoi's public-domain presentation.