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The Mystical Hymns of Orpheus - Platonic Philosophy

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THE BTYSTICAL HYMNS<br />

LXI.<br />

TO NEMESIS.<br />

A HYMN.<br />

THEE, Nemesis, I call, almighty queen,<br />

By whom the deeds <strong>of</strong> mortal life are seen :<br />

Eternal, much rever'd, <strong>of</strong> boundless sight,<br />

Alone rejoicing in the just and right :<br />

Changing the counsels <strong>of</strong> the human breast<br />

For ever various, rolling without rest.<br />

To ev'ry mortal is thy influence known,<br />

And men beneath thy righteous bondage groan ;<br />

For ev'ry thought within the mind conceal'd<br />

Is to thy sight perspicuously reveal'd.<br />

<strong>The</strong> soul unwilling reason to obey,<br />

By lawless passion rul'd, thine eyes survey.<br />

All to see, hear, and rule, 0 pow'r divine,<br />

Whose nature equity contains, is thine.<br />

Come, blessed, holy Goddess, hear my pray'r,<br />

And make thy mystics' life thy constant care :<br />

Give aid benignant in the needful hour,<br />

And strength abundant to the reas'ning pow'r ;<br />

And far avert the dire, unfrienclly race<br />

Of counsels impious, arrogant, and base.

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