The Initiations Of Orpheus. Lxxx. To The West Wind : LXXX. TO THE WEST WIND. The FUMIGATION From FRANKINCENSE. SEA-born, aerial, blowing from the west, Sweet gales, who give to weary'd labour rest: Vernal and grassy, and of gentle found, To ships delightful, thro' the sea profound; For these, impell'd by you with gentle force, 5 Pursue with...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xli. To Mises : XLI. TO MISES. The FUMIGATION From STORAX. Call Thesmophorus *, spermatic God, Of various names, who bears the leafy rod: Mises, ineffable, pure, sacred queen, Two-fold Iacchus, male and female seen: Illustr'ous, whether to rejoice is thine In incense offer'd, in the fane divine +; Or if in Phrygi...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Lviii. To The Fates : LVIII. TO THE FATES. The FUMIGATION From AROMATICS. DAUGHTERS of darkling night, much-nam'd, draw near Infinite Fates, and listen to my pray'r; Who in the heav'nly lake (where waters white 3 Burst from a fountain hid in depths of night, And thro' a dark and stony cavern glide, 5 A cave profound...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xxxiii. To Apollo : p. 161 XXXIII. TO APOLLO. The FUMIGATION From MANNA. BLEST Pan, come, propitious to my pray'r, Illustrious pow'r, whom Memphian tribes revere, Slayer of Tityus, and the God of health, Lycorian Phbus, fruitful source of wealth. Spermatic, golden-lyr'd, the field from thee 5 Receives it's constant...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xlv. To Liknitus : XLV. TO LIKNITUS + BACCHUS. The FUMIGATION From MANNA. LIKNITAN Bacchus, bearer of the vine, Thee I invoke to bless these rites divine: p. 179 Florid and gay, of nymphs the blossom bright, And of fair Venus, Goddess of delight, 'Tis thine mad footsteps with mad nymphs to beat, 5 Dancing thro'...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xii. To Saturn : XII. TO SATURN. The FUMIGATION From STORAX. ETHERIAL father, mighty Titan, hear, 1 Great fire of Gods and men, whom all revere: Endu'd with various council, pure and strong, To whom perfection and decrease belong. Consum'd by thee all forms that hourly die, 5 By thee restor'd, their former place...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xiv. To Jupiter : XIV. TO JUPITER. The FUMIGATION From STORAX. O Jove much-honor'd, Jove supremely great, To thee our holy rites we consecrate, p. 140 Our pray'rs and expiations, king divine, For all things round thy head exalted shine. The earth is thine, and mountains swelling high, 5 The sea profound, and all...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Lxxi. To Fortune : LXXI. TO FORTUNE. The FUMIGATION From FRANKINCENSE. Approach strong Fortune, with propitious mind And rich abundance, to my pray'r inclin'd p. 203 Placid, and gentle Trivia, mighty nam'd, 3 Imperial Dian, born of Pluto fam'd; Mankind's unconquer'd, endless praise is thine, 5 Sepulch'ral...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Lxxvii. To Aurora : p. 216 LXXVII. TO AURORA. The FUMIGATION From MANNA. HEAR me, O Goddess! whose emerging ray Leads on the broad refulgence of the day; Blushing Aurora, whose celestial light Beams on the world with red'ning splendours bright: Angel of Titan, whom with constant round, 5 Thy orient beams recall...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Lxxxi : p. 219 LXXXI. TO THE SOUTH WIND. The FUMIGATION From FRANKINCENSE. WIDE coursing gales, whose lightly leaping feet With rapid wings the air's wet bosom beat, Approach benevolent, swift-whirling pow'rs, With humid clouds the principles of flow'rs: For flow'ry clouds are portion'd to your care, 5...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xxi. To The Se : XXI. TO THE SEA, OR TETHYS *. The FUMIGATION From FRANKINCENSE And MANNA. TETHYS I call, with eyes crulean bright, Hid in a veil obscure from human sight; Great Ocean's empress, wand'ring thro' the deep, And pleas'd with gentle gales, the earth to sweep; p. 147 Whose blessed waves in swift...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Lxii. To Equity : LXII. TO EQUITY. The FUMIGATION From FRANKINCENSE. O Blessed Equity, mankind's delight, Th' eternal friend of conduct just and right: Abundant, venerable, honor'd maid, To judgments pure, dispensing constant aid, p. 195 A stable conscience, and an upright mind; For men unjust, by thee are...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xxviii. To Proserpine : XXVIII. TO PROSERPINE. A HYMN DAUGHTER of Jove, almighty and divine, Come, blessed queen, and to these rites incline: Only-begotten, Pluto's honor'd wife, 3 O venerable Goddess, source of life: 'Tis thine in earth's profundities to dwell, 5 Fast by the wide and dismal gates of hell: Jove's holy...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xv. To Juno : XV. TO JUNO *. The FUMIGATION From AROMATICS. O Royal Juno of majestic mien, Aerial-form'd, divine, Jove's blessed queen, Thron'd in the bosom of crulean air, The race of mortals is thy constant care. p. 141 The cooling gales thy pow'r alone inspires, Which nourish life, which ev'ry life desires...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xxvii. To Mercury : XXVII. TO MERCURY. The FUMIGATION From FRANKINCENSE. HERMES, draw near, and to my pray'r incline, Angel of Jove, and Maia's son divine; Studious of contests, ruler of mankind, With heart almighty, and a prudent mind. Celestial messenger, of various skill, 5 Whose pow'rful arts could watchful Argus...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Lxxxv : LXXXV. TO THE DIVINITY OF DREAMS. The FUMIGATION From AROMATICS. THEE I invoke, blest pow'r of dreams divine, Angel of future fates, swift wings are thine: Great source of oracles to human kind, When stealing soft, and whisp'ring to the mind, Thro' sleep's sweet silence and the gloom of night, 5...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xxv. To The Earth : p. 150 XXV. TO THE EARTH * The FUMIGATION From Every Kind Of SEED, Except BEANS And AROMATICS. O Goddess, Earth, of Gods and men the source, Endu'd with fertile, all destroying force; All-parent, bounding, whose prolific pow'rs, Produce a store of beauteous fruits and flow'rs, All-various maid...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xxx. To The Curetes : XXX. TO THE CURETES. A HYMN. LEAPING Curetes, who with dancing feet And circling measures, armed footsteps beat: Whose bosom's mad, fanatic transports fire, Who move in rythm to the founding lyre: Who traces deaf when lightly leaping tread, Arm bearers, strong defenders, rulers dread: Propitious...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Lxx. To Melinoe : p. 202 LXX. TO MELINOE. The FUMIGATION From AROMATICS. Call Melinoe, saffron-veil'd, terrene, Who from infernal Pluto's sacred queen, Mixt with Saturnian Jupiter, arose, Near where Cocytus' mournful river flows; When under Pluto's semblance, Jove divine 5 Deceiv'd with guileful arts dark...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xvlii. To Sabasius : XLVII. TO SABASIUS. The FUMIGATION From AROMATICS HEAR me, illustrious father, dmon fam'd. Great Saturn's offspring, and Sabasius nam'd; p. 180 Inserting Bacchus, bearer of the vine, And founding God, within thy thigh divine, That when mature, the Dionysian God 5 Might burst the bands of his...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xxxix. To Ceres : p. 171 XXXIX. TO CERES. The FUMIGATION From STORAX. O Universal mother, Ceres fam'd August, the source of wealth, and various nam'd: 2 Great nurse, all-bounteous, blessed and divine, Who joy'st in peace, to nourish corn is thine: Goddess of seed, of fruits abundant, fair, 5 Harvest and threshing...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Iv. To Fire : IV. TO FIRE. The FUMIGATION From SAFFRON. O Ever untam'd Fire, who reign'st on high In Jove's dominions ruler of the sky; The glorious sun with dazzling lustre bright, And moon and stars from thee derive their light; All taming pow'r, therial shining fire, 5 Whose vivid blasts the heat of life...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Lv. To Adonis : LV. TO ADONIS. The FUMIGATION From AROMATICS. MUCH-nam'd, and best of dmons, hear my pray'r, The desart-loving, deck'd with tender hair; Joy to diffuse, by all desir'd is thine, Much form'd, Eubulus; aliment divine p. 188 Female and Male, all charming to the sight, 5 Adonis ever flourishing...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Iii. To Heaven : III. TO HEAVEN. The FUMIGATION From FRANKINCENSE. GREAT Heav'n, whose mighty frame no respite knows, Father of all, from whom the world arose: Hear, bounteous parent, source and end of all, Forever whirling round this earthly ball; Abode of Gods, whose guardian pow'r surrounds 5 5 Th' eternal World...
A Dissertation On The Life And Theology. Part 03 : p. 1 A Dissertation ON THE Life and Theology of ORPHEUS. SECT. I. THE great obscurity and uncertainty in which the history of Orpheus is involved, affords very little matter for our information; and even renders that little, inaccurate and precarious. Upon surveying the annals of past ages, it...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Lii. To Amphietus : LII. TO AMPHIETUS BACCHUS. The FUMIGATION From Every AROMATIC Except FRANKINCENSE. TERRESTRIAL Dionysius, hear my pray'r, Awak'ned rise with nymphs of lovely hair: Great Amphietus Bacchus, annual God, Who laid asleep in Proserpine's abode, Did'st lull to drowsy and oblivious rest, The rites...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Lxix. To The Furies : LXIX. TO THE FURIES. The FUMIGATION From AROMATICS. HEAR me, illustrious Furies, mighty nam'd, Terrific pow'rs, for prudent counsel fam'd; Holy and pure, from Jove terrestrial born And Proserpine, whom lovely locks adorn: Whose piercing sight, with vision unconfin'd, 5 Surveys the deeds of all...
Preface : p. iii PREFACE. THERE is doubtless a revolution in the literary, correspondent to that of the natural world. The face of things is continually changing; and the perfect, and perpetual harmony of the universe, subsists by the mutability of its parts. In consequence of this fluctuation, different...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xx. To The Clouds : p. 146 XX. TO THE CLOUDS. The FUMIGATION From MYRRH. rial clouds, thro' heav'n's resplendent plains Who wander, parents of prolific rains; Who nourish fruits, whose water'y frames are hurl'd, By winds impetuous, round the mighty world; All-thund'ring, lion-roaring, flashing fire, 5 In Air's wide...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Vi. To The Stars : VI. TO THE STARS. The FUMIGATION From AROMATICS. WITH holy voice I call the stars on high, Pure sacred lights and genii of the sky. Celestial stars, the progeny of Night, In whirling circles beaming far your light, Refulgent rays around the heav'ns ye throw, 5 Eternal fires, the source of all below...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xxiii. To The Nereids : XXIII. TO THE NEREIDS. The FUMIGATION From AROMATICS. DAUGHTERS of Nereus, resident in caves Merg'd deep in Ocean, sporting thro' the waves; Fanatic fifty nymphs, who thro' the main Delight to follow in the Triton's train, Rejoicing close behind their cars to keep; 5 Whose forms half wild, are...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Lxxiv. To Palaemon : p. 205 LXXIV. TO PALMON. The FUMIGATION From. MANNA. O Nurs'd with Dionysius, doom'd to keep Thy dwelling in the widely-spreading deep: With joyful aspect to my pray'r incline, Propitious come, and bless the rites divine: Thro' earth and sea thy ministers attend, 5 And from old Ocean's stormy...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xxxvii. To The Curetes : XXXVII. TO THE CURETES +. The FUMIGATION From FRANKINCENSE. Brass-beating Salians, ministers of Mars, Who guard his arms the instruments of wars p. 168 Whose blessed frames, heav'n, earth, and sea compose, And from whose breath all animals arose: Who dwell in Samothracia's sacred ground, 5...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xxxiv. To Latona : XXXIV. T O L A T O N A. The FUMIGATION From MYRRH. DARK veil'd Latona, much invoked queen, Twin-bearing Goddess, of a noble mien; Cantis great, a mighty mind is thine, Offspring prolific, blest of Jove divine: Phbus proceeds from thee, the God of light, 5 And Dian fair, whom winged darts delight;...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Lix. To The Graces : p. 192 LIX. TO THE GRACES. The FUMIGATION From STORAX. HEAR me, illustrious Graces, mighty nam'd, From Jove descended and Eunomia fam'd; Thalia, and Aglaia fair and bright, And blest Euphrosyne whom joys delight: Mothers of mirth, all lovely to the view, 5 Pleasure abundant pure belongs to you:...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xxxv. To Diana : XXXV. TO DIANA. The FUMIGATION From MANNA. Hear me, Jove's daughter, celebrated queen, Bacchian and Titan, of a noble mien: p. 166 In darts rejoicing and on all to shine, Torch-bearing Goddess, Dictynna divine; O'er births presiding, and thyself a maid, 5 5 To labour-pangs imparting ready aid:...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xix. To Jove : XIX. TO JOVE, AS THE AUTHOR OF LIGHTNING. The FUMIGATION From FRANKINCENSE And MANNA. I Call the mighty, holy, splendid light, Aerial, dreadful-sounding, fiery-bright; Flaming, aerial-light, with angry voice, Lightning thro' lucid clouds with horrid noise. Untam'd, to whom resentments dire belong...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Vii. To The Sun : VII. TO THE SUN. The FUMIGATION From FRANKINCENSE And MANNA. HEAR golden Titan, whose eternal eye With broad survey, illumines all the sky. Self-born, unwearied in diffusing light, And to all eyes the mirrour of delight: Lord of the seasons, with thy fiery car 5 And leaping coursers, beaming light...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xvi. To Neptune : XVI. TO NEPTUNE. The FUMIGATION From MYRRH HEAR, Neptune, ruler of the sea profound, Whose liquid grasp begirts the solid ground; Who, at the bottom of the stormy main, Dark and deep-bosom'd, hold'st thy wat'ry reign; Thy awful hand the brazen trident bears, And ocean's utmost bound, thy will...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xliv. To Dionysius : XLIV. TO DIONYSIUS BASSAREUS TRIENNALIS *. A HYMN COME, blessed Dionysius, various nam'd, Bull-fac'd, begot from Thunder, Bacchus fam'd. Bassarian God, of universal might, Whom swords, and blood, and sacred rage delight: In heav'n rejoicing, mad, loud-sounding God, 5 Furious inspirer, bearer...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. V. To Protogonus : V. TO PROTOGONUS, Or The FIRST-BORN. The FUMIGATION From MYRRH. O Mighty first-begotten, hear my pray'r, 1 Two-fold, egg-born, and wand'ring thro' the air, p. 119 Bull-roarer, glorying in thy golden wings, 3 From whom the race of Gods and mortals springs. p. 120 Ericapus, celebrated pow'r, 5...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Lxxxvi. To Death : LXXXVI. TO DEATH. The FUMIGATION From MANNA. HEAR me, O Death, whose empire unconfin'd, Extends to mortal tribes of ev'ry kind. On thee, the portion of our time depends, Whose absence lengthens life, whose presence ends. p. 225 Thy sleep perpetual bursts the vivid folds, 5 By which the soul...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Lxxxiv. To Sleep : LXXXIV. TO SLEEP. The FUMIGATION From A Poppy. SLEEP, king of Gods, and men of mortal birth, Sov'reign of all sustain'd by mother Earth; p. 223 For thy dominion is supreme alone, O'er all extended, and by all things known. 'Tis thine all bodies with benignant mind 5 In other bands than those...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xliii. To Semele : XLIII. TO SEMELE. The FUMIGATION From STORAX. CADMEAN Goddess, universal queen, Thee, Semele I call, of beauteous mien; Deep-bosom'd, lovely flowing locks are thine, Mother of Bacchus, joyful and divine, The mighty offspring, whom love's thunder bright, 5 Forc'd immature, and fright'ned into light:...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xlvi. To Bacchus : XLVI. TO BACCHUS PERICIONIUS *. The FUMIGATION From AROMATICS. BACCHUS Pericionius, hear my pray'r, Who mad'st the house of Cadmus once thy care, With matchless force, his pillars twining round, (When burning thunders shook the solid ground, In flaming, founding torrents borne along), 5 Propt by...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Ix. To Nature : IX. TO NATURE. * The FUMIGATION From AROMATICS. NATURE, all parent, ancient, and divine, O Much-mechanic mother, art is thine; p. 127 Heav'nly, abundant, venerable queen, In ev'ry part of thy dominions seen. p. 128 Untam'd, all-taming, ever splendid light, 5 All ruling, honor'd, and supremly bright...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Viii. To The Moon : p. 124 VIII. TO THE MOON *. The FUMIGATION From AROMATICS. HEAR, Goddess queen, diffusing silver light, Bull-horn'd and wand'ring thro' the gloom of Night. 2 p. 125 With stars surrounded, and with circuit wide Night's torch extending, thro' the heav'ns you ride: Female and Male with borrow'd rays...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Lxvii. To Health : LXVII. TO HEALTH. The FUMIGATION From MANNA. O Much-desir'd, prolific, gen'ral queen, Hear me, life-bearing, Health, of beauteous mien, Mother of all; by thee diseases dire, Of bliss destructive, from our life retire; And ev'ry house is flourishing and fair, 5 If with rejoicing aspect thou art...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Lxxii : LXXII. TO THE DMON, OR GENIUS. The FUMIGATION From FRANKINCENSE. THEE, mighty-ruling, Dmon dread, I call, Mild Jove, life-giving, and the source of all: Great Jove, much-wand'ring, terrible and strong, To whom revenge and tortures dire belong. Mankind from thee, in plenteous wealth abound, 5 When...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Lxxv. To The Muses : LXXV. TO THE MUSES. The FUMIGATION From FRANKINCENSE. Daughters of Jove, dire-sounding and divine, 1 Renown'd Pierian, sweetly speaking Nine; p. 206 To those whose breasts your sacred furies fire Much-form'd, the objects of supreme desire: p. 207 Sources of blameless virtue to mankind, 5 Who form...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xlix. To Lysius : p. 181 XLIX. TO LYSIUS LENUS. A HYMN. Hear me, Jove's son, blest Bacchus, God of wine, Born of two mothers, honor'd and divine; Lysian, Euion * Bacchus, various-nam'd, Of Gods the offspring secret, holy, fam'd: Fertile and nourishing whose liberal care 5 Earth's fruits increases, flourishing...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Li. To Trietericus : p. 183 LI. TO TRIETERICUS. The FUMIGATION From AROMATICS. BACCHUS fanatic, much-nam'd, blest, divine, Bull-fac'd Lenan, bearer of the vine; From fire descended, raging, Nysian king, From whom initial ceremonies spring: Liknitan Bacchus, pure and fiery bright, 5 Prudent, crown-bearer, wandering...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. To Musaeus : p. 107 THE INITIATIONS OF ORPHEUS. p. 109 TO MUSUS * ATTEND Musus to my sacred song, And learn what rites to sacrifice belong. Jove I invoke, the earth, and solar light, The moon's pure splendor, and the stars of night; p. 110 Thee Neptune, ruler of the sea profound, 5 Dark-hair'd, whose waves...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xlii. To The Seasons : XLII TO THE SEASONS. The FUMIGATION From AROMATICS. DAUGHTERS of Jove and Themis, seasons bright, Justice, and blessed peace, and lawful right, Vernal and grassy, vivid, holy pow'rs, Whose balmy breath exhales in lovely flow'rs All-colour'd seasons, rich increase your care, 5 Circling, for ever...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xlviii. To Ippa : XLVIII. TO IPPA * The FUMIGATION From STORAX. Great nurse of Bacchus, to my pray'r incline, For holy Sabus' secret rites are thine, The mystic rites of Bacchus' nightly choirs, Compos'd of sacred, loud-resounding fires: Hear me, terrestrial mother, mighty queen, 5 Whether on Phyrgia's holy mount...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xxiv. To Proteus : p. 149 XXIV. TO PROTEUS *. The FUMIGATION From STORAX. PROTEUS I call, whom Fate decrees, to keep The keys which lock the chambers of the deep; First-born, by whose illustrious pow'r alone All Nature's principles are clearly shewn: Matter to change with various forms is thine, 5 Matter unform'd...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. L. To The Nymphs : L. TO THE NYMPHS. The FUMIGATION From AROMATICS. NYMPHS, who from Ocean's stream derive your birth, Who dwell in liquid caverns of the earth p. 182 Nurses of Bacchus secret-coursing pow'r, Who fruits sustain, and nourish ev'ry flow'r: Earthly, rejoicing, who in meadows dwell, 5 And caves and dens...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Lxiv. To Mars : LXIV. TO MARS *. The FUMIGATION From FRANKINCENSE. Magnanimous, unconquer'd, boistrous Mars, In darts rejoicing, and in bloody wars p. 197 Fierce and untam'd, whose mighty pow'r can make The strongest walls from their foundations shake: Mortal destroying king, defil'd with gore, 5 Pleas'd with...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Lxxvi. To Mnemosyne : p. 214 LXXVI. TO MNEMOSYNE, OR THE GODDESS OF MEMORY *. The FUMIGATION From FRANKINCENSE. THE consort I invoke of Jove divine, Source of the holy, sweetly-speaking Nine; p. 215 Free from th' oblivion of the fallen mind, By whom the soul with intellect is join'd: Reason's increase, and thought...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Lxxiii. To Leucothea : LXXIII. TO LEUCOTHEA. The FUMIGATION From AROMATICS. I Call Leucothea, of great Cadmus born, And Bacchus' nurse, whom ivy leaves adorn. Hear, pow'rful Goddess, in the mighty deep Wide and profound, thy Ration doom'd to keep: In waves rejoicing, guardian of mankind; 5 For ships from thee alone...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Lx. To Nemesis : LX. TO NEMESIS. A HYMN. THEE, Nemesis I call, almighty queen, By whom the deeds of mortal life are seen: Eternal, much rever'd, of boundless sight, Alone rejoicing in the just and right: Changing the counsels of the human breast 5 For ever various, rolling without rest. p. 193 To every mortal is...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Lxxix : p. 218 LXXIX. TO THE NORTH WIND. The FUMIGATION From FRANKINCENSE. BOREAS, whose wint'ry blasts, terrific, tear The bosom of the deep surrounding air; Cold icy pow'r, approach, and fav'ring blow, And Thrace a while desert expos'd to snow: The misty station of the air dissolve, 5 With pregnant...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Lxi. To Justice : LXI. TO JUSTICE. The FUMIGATION From FRANKINCENSE. THE piercing eye of Justice bright, I sing, 1 Plac'd by the throne of heav'n's almighty king, p. 194 Perceiving thence, with vision unconfin'd, The life and conduct of the human kind To thee, revenge and punishment belong, 5 Chastising ev'ry deed...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xi. To Hercules : XI. TO HERCULES. The FUMIGATION From FRANKINCENSE. HEAR, pow'rful, Hercules untam'd and strong, To whom vast hands, and mighty works belong, Almighty Titan, prudent and benign, Of various forms, eternal and divine, Father of Time, the theme of gen'ral praise, 5 Ineffable, ador'd in various ways...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. I. To The Goddess : I. TO THE GODDESS PROTHYRA *. The FUMIGATION From STORAX. O venerable goddess, hear my pray'r, For labour pains are thy peculiar care; in thee, when stretch'd upon the bed of grief, The sex as in a mirror view relief. Guard of the race, endued with gentle mind, 5 To helpless youth, benevolent...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xxxii. To Victory : XXXII. TO VICTORY. The FUMIGATION From MANNA. O Powerful Victory, by men desir'd, With adverse breasts to dreadful fury fir'd, Thee I invoke, whose might alone can quell Contending rage, and molestation fell: 'Tis thine in battle to confer the crown, 5 The victor's prize, the mark of sweet renown;...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Liv. To Venus : LIV. TO VENUS. A HYMN. HEAV'NLY, illustrious, laughter-loving queen, Sea-born, night-loving, of an awful mien; p. 186 Crafty, from whom necessity first came, Producing, nightly, all-connecting dame: 'Tis thine the world with harmony to join, 5 5 For all things spring from thee, O pow'r divine...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xl. To The Cerali : XL. TO THE CERALIAN MOTHER. The FUMIGATION From AROMATICS. CERALIAN queen, of celebrated name, From whom both men, and Gods immortal came; Who widely wand'ring once, oppress'd with grief, In Eleusina's valley found'st relief, p. 173 Discovering Proserpine thy daughter pure 5 In dread Avernus...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Ii. To Night : II. TO NIGHT. The FUMIGATION With TORCHES. NIGHT, parent goddess, source of sweet repose, From whom at first both Gods and men arose, Hear, blessed Venus, deck'd with starry light, 3 In sleep's deep silence dwelling Ebon night! Dreams and soft case attend thy dusky train, 5 Pleas'd with...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xxxi. To Pallas : XXXI. TO PALLAS. A HYMN. ONLY-Begotten, noble race of Jove, Blessed and fierce, who joy'st in caves to rove: 2 p. 157 O, warlike Pallas, whose illustrious kind, Ineffable and effable we find: Magnanimous and fam'd, the rocky height, 5 And groves, and shady mountains thee delight: In arms rejoicing...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Lvi. To The Terrestrial : LVI. TO THE TERRESTRIAL HERMES. The FUMIGATION From STORAX. HERMES I call, whom Fate decrees to dwell In the dire path which leads to deepest hell O Bacchic Hermes, progeny divine Of Dionysius, parent of the vine, p. 189 And of celestial Venus Paphian queen, 5 Dark eye-lash'd Goddess of a lovely...
A Dissertation On The Life And Theology : p. 85 SECT. III. BUT it is now time to speak of the following Hymns, of which, as we have before observed, Onomacritus is the reputed author. And first, with regard to the dialect of these Hymns, Gesner well observes it ought to be no objection to their antiquity. For though, according to x...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xxix. To Bacchus : XXIX. TO BACCHUS. The FUMIGATION From STORAX. BACCHUS I call, loud-sounding and divine, Fanatic God, a two-fold shape is thine: Thy various names and attributes I sing, O, first-born, thrice begotten, Bacchic king: 4 Rural, ineffable, two-form'd, obscure, 5 Two-horn'd, with ivy crown'd, EUION, pure...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Lxxviii. To Themis : p. 217 LXXVIII. TO THEMIS. The FUMIGATION From FRANKINCENSE. ILLUSTRIOUS Themis, of celestial birth, Thee I invoke, young blossom of the earth; 2 Beauteous-eyed virgin; first from thee alone, Prophetic oracles to men were known, Giv'n from the deep recesses of the fane 5 In sacred Pytho, where...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xiii. To Rhea : XIII. TO RHEA *. The FUMIGATION From AROMATICS. DAUGHTER of great Protogonus, divine, 1 Illustrious Rhea, to my pray'r incline, p. 138 Who driv'st thy holy car with speed along, Drawn by fierce lions, terrible and strong. 4 Mother of Jove, whose mighty arm can wield 5 Th' avenging bolt, and shake...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xvii. To Pluto : XVII. TO PLUTO. PLUTO, magnanimous, whose realms profound Are fix'd beneath the firm and solid ground, In the Tartarian plains remote from fight, And wrapt forever in the depths of night; Terrestrial Jove, thy sacred ear incline, 5 5 And, pleas'd, accept thy mystic's hymn divine. Earth's keys...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xxvi : p. 151 XXVI. TO THE MOTHER OF THE GODS. The FUMIGATION From A Variety Of ODORIFEROUS SUBSTANCES. Mother of Gods, great nurse of all, draw near, Divinely honor'd, and regard my pray'r: Thron'd on a car, by lions drawn along, By bull-destroying lions, swift and strong, Thou sway'st the sceptre...
A Dissertation On The Life And Theology. Part 02 : SECT. II. LET us now proceed to his theology; exchanging the obscurity of conjecture for the light of clear evidence; and the intricate labyrinths of fable for the delightful though solitary paths of truth. p. 13 And here I must acquaint the reader, that I shall every where deduce my informati...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Lxvi. To Esculapius : LXVI. TO ESCULAPIUS. The FUMIGATION From MANNA. GREAT Esculapius, skill'd to heal mankind,, All-ruling Pan, and physician kind; Whose arts medic'nal, can alone assuage Diseases dire, and stop their dreadful rage: Strong lenient God, regard my suppliant pray'r, Bring gentle Health, adorn'd with...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xviii. To Thundring : p. 144 XVIII. TO THUNDRING JOVE. The FUMIGATION From STORAX. O Father Jove, who shak'st with fiery light The world deep-sounding from thy lofty height: From thee, proceeds th' therial lightning's blaze, Flashing around intolerable rays. Thy sacred thunders shake the blest abodes, 5 The shining...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Lxiii. To Law : LXIII. TO LAW A HYMN. THE holy king of Gods and men I call, Celestial Law, the righteous seal of all; The seal which stamps whate'er the earth contains, Nature's firm basis, and the liquid plains: Stable, and starry, of harmonious frame, 5 Preserving laws eternally the same: p. 196 Thy...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Lxxxii. To Ocean : LXXXII. TO OCEAN. The Fumigation From AROMATICS OCEAN I call, whose nature ever flows, From whom at first both Gods and men arose; Sire incorruptible, whose waves surround, 3 And earth's concluding mighty circle bound: p. 220 Hence every river, hence the spreading sea, 5 And earth's pure bubbling...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xxii. To Nereus : XXII. TO NEREUS. The FUMIGATION From MYRRH. O Thou, who doff the roots of Ocean keep In seats crulean, dmon of the deep, With fifty nymphs (attending in thy train, Fair virgin artists) glorying thro' the main: The dark foundation of the rolling sea 5 And Earth's wide bounds, belong much-fam'd...
Title Page : p. i The HYMNS OF ORPHEUS, Translated from the original Greek With a Preliminary Dissertation on THE LIFE AND THEOLOGY OF ORPHEUS. London, printed for the Author, And sold by T. Payne, at the Mews-gate; B. White and Son, Fleet-street; G. Nicol, Pall-Mall; R. Faulder, New Bond-street. 1792. [Price...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Liii. To Silenus : p. 185 LIII. TO SILENUS, SATYRUS, AND THE PRIESTESSES OF BACCHUS. The FUMIGATION From MANNA. GREAT nurse of Bacchus, to my pray'r incline., Silenus, honor'd by the pow'rs divine And by mankind at the triennial feast Illustrious dmon, reverenc'd as the best: Holy, august, the source of lawful rites...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xxxvi. To The Titans : p. 167 XXXVI. TO THE TITANS * The FUMIGATION From FRANKINCENSE. O Mighty Titans, who from heav'n and earth Derive your noble and illustrious birth, Our fathers fires, in Tartarus profound Who dwell, deep merg'd beneath the solid ground: Fountains and principles, from whom began 5 Th' afflicted...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Lvii. To Cupid : LVII. TO CUPID, OR LOVE. The FUMIGATION From AROMATICS. I Call great Cupid, source of sweet delight, Holy and pure, and lovely to the sight; Darting, and wing'd, impetuous fierce desire, With Gods and mortals playing, wand'ring fire: Cautious, and two-fold, keeper of the keys 5 Of heav'n and earth...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Lxxxiii. To Vesta : LXXXIII. TO VESTA. The FUMIGATION From AROMATICS. Daughter of Saturn, venerable dame, The seat containing of unweary'd flame; 2 p. 221 In sacred rites these ministers are thine, Mystics much-blessed, holy and divine In thee, the Gods have fix'd place, 5 Strong, stable, basis of the mortal race:...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Xxxviii. To Corybas : XXXVIII. TO CORYBAS * The FUMIGATION From FRANKINCENSE. THE mighty ruler of this earthly ball, For ever flowing, to these rites I call; p. 170 Martial and blest, unseen by mortal sight, Preventing fears, and pleas'd with gloomy night: Hence, fancy's terrors are by thee allay'd, 5 All-various king...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Lxv. To Vulcan : LXV. TO VULCAN * The FUMIGATION From FRANKINCENSE And MANNA. STRONG, mighty Vulcan, bearing splendid light, Unweary'd fire, with flaming torrents bright: Strong-handed, deathless, and of art divine, Pure element, a portion of the world is thine: p. 198 All-taming artist, all-diffusive pow'r, 5 'Tis...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. X. To Pan : X. TO PAN * The FUMIGATION From VARIOUS ODORS I Call strong Pan, the substance of the whole, Etherial, marine, earthly, general soul, Immortal fire; for all the world is thine, And all are parts of thee, O pow'r divine. p. 131 Come, blessed Pan, whom rural haunts delight, 5 Come, leaping, agile...
The Initiations Of Orpheus. Lxviii. To The Furies : p. 200 LXVIII. TO THE FURIES * The FUMIGATION From AROMATICS. VOCIFEROUS Bacchanalian Furies, hear! Ye, I invoke, dread pow'rs, whom all revere; Nightly, profound, in secret who retire, Tisiphone, Alecto, and Megara dire: Deep in a cavern merg'd, involv'd in night, 5 Near where Styx flows...
Untitled : The Orphic Hymns are a set of pre-classical poetic compositions, attributed to the culture hero Orpheus, himself the subject of a renowned myth. In reality, these poems were probably composed by several different poets. Reminiscent of the Rig-Veda, the Orphic Hymns contain a rich set of clues...
