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The Mystical Hymns of Orpheus - Platonic Philosophy

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THE MYSTICAL HYMNS<br />

XXII.<br />

THE FUMIGATION FROM FRANKINCENSE<br />

AND MANNA.<br />

TETHYS I call, with eyes cerulean bright,<br />

Hid in a veil obscure from human sight :<br />

Great Ocean's empress, wanil'ring thro' the deep,<br />

And pleas'd, with gentle gales, the earth to sweep ;<br />

Whose ample waves in swift succession go,<br />

And lash the rocky shore with endless flow :<br />

Delighting in the sea serene to play,<br />

In ships exulting, and the wat'ry way.<br />

Mother <strong>of</strong> Venus, and <strong>of</strong> clouds obscure,<br />

Great nurse <strong>of</strong> beasts, and source <strong>of</strong> fountains pure.<br />

0 venerable Goddess, hear my pray'r,<br />

And make benevolent my life thy care ;<br />

Send, blessed queen, to ships a prosp'rous breeze,<br />

And waft them safely o'er the stormy seas.<br />

48 See the nature <strong>of</strong> this divinity unfolded in the addi-<br />

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