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The Mystical Hymns of Orpheus - Platonic Philosophy

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THE MYSTICAL HYMNS<br />

LIV.<br />

TO SILENUS, SATYRUS,<br />

AND THE PRIESTESSES OF BACCHUS.<br />

THE FUMIGATION FROM MANNA.<br />

GREAT nurse <strong>of</strong> Bacchus, to my pray'r incline,<br />

Silenus, honour'cl by the pow'rs divine ;<br />

And by mankind at the triennial feast<br />

Illustrious daemon, reverenc'd as the best :<br />

Holy, august, the source <strong>of</strong> lawful rites,<br />

Phrenetic pow'r, whom vigilance delights ;<br />

Surrounded by thy nurses young and fair,<br />

Naiads and Bacchic Nymphs who ivy bear,<br />

With all thy Satyrs on our incense shine,<br />

Daemons wild-form'd, and bless the rites divine.<br />

Come, rouse to sacred joy thy pupil king91,<br />

And Brumal Nymphs with rites Lenaean bring ;<br />

Our orgies shining thro' the night inspire,<br />

And bless, triumphant pow'r, the sacred choir.<br />

91 Silenus is so called because be was the foster father<br />

or nurse <strong>of</strong> Bacchus.

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