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The Mystical Hymns of Orpheus - Platonic Philosophy

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THE MYSTICAL HYMNS<br />

LXXIX.<br />

TO THEMIS.<br />

THE FUMIGATION FROM FRANKINCENSE.<br />

ILLUSTRIOUS <strong>The</strong>mis, <strong>of</strong> celestial birth,<br />

<strong>The</strong>e I invoke, young blossom <strong>of</strong> the earth 111.<br />

All-beauteous virgin ; first from thee alone<br />

Prophetic oracles to men were known,<br />

Giv'n from the deep recesses <strong>of</strong> the fane<br />

In sacred Pytho, where renown'd you reign.<br />

From thee Apollo's oracles arose,<br />

And from thy pow'r his inspiration flows.<br />

Honour'd by all, <strong>of</strong> form divinely bright,<br />

Majestic virgin, wand'ring in the night.<br />

Mankind from thee first learnt perfective rites,<br />

And Bacchus' nightly choirs thy soul delights ;<br />

For the God's honours to disclose is thine,<br />

And holy mysteries and rites divine.<br />

Be present, Goddess, to my pray'r inclin'd,<br />

And bless thy Teletce with fav'ring mind.<br />

Ill <strong>The</strong>mis is one <strong>of</strong> the progeny <strong>of</strong> the intellectual<br />

Earth resident in Phanes. See the note on Hymn XII, to<br />

Hercules.

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