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The Mystical Hymns of Orpheus - Platonic Philosophy

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OF ORPHEUS,<br />

But from the wicked turn'd averse to bless,<br />

Thy form unseen, the angel <strong>of</strong> distress ;<br />

No means to check approaching ill they find,<br />

Pensive with fears, and to the future blind.<br />

Come, blessed pow'r, the signatures reveal<br />

Which heav'n's decrees mysteriously conceal,<br />

Signs only present to the worthy mind,<br />

Nor omens ill disclose <strong>of</strong> monstrous kind.<br />

LXXXVII.<br />

TO DEATH l16.<br />

THE FUMIGATION FROM MANNA.<br />

HEAR me, 0 Death, whose empire unconfin'd<br />

Extends to mortal tribes <strong>of</strong> ev'ry kind.<br />

On thee the portion <strong>of</strong> our time depends,<br />

Whose absence lengthens life, whose presence ends.<br />

116 Hermann's edition <strong>of</strong> these Orphic Teletai ends with<br />

a hymn to Mars, which is found among the hymns ascribed<br />

to Homer ; both he and Ruhnkenius being <strong>of</strong> opinion that<br />

it is more Orphic than Homeric. I, however, should say,<br />

that it was written by any one rather than by Orpheue.

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