Muses' Whisper

Verse

Orphic Hymns

Hymn 86, Line 2 by Thomas Taylor (English)

On thee, the portion of our time depends, whose absence lengthens life, whose presence ends.

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Archival source: https://archive.org/details/b28775430. Extracted from Theoi HTML for hymn 86; bracketed Greek names follow Theoi's public-domain presentation.