“Daughter of Jove [Zeus], almighty and divine,  come, blessed queen, and to these rites incline: Only-begotten, Pluto’s [Plouton’s] honor’d wife,  O venerable Goddess, source of life: ‘Tis thine in earth’s profundities to dwell,  fast by the wide and dismal gates of hell: Jove’s [Zeus’] holy offspring, of a beauteous mien,  fatal [Praxidike], with lovely locks,…

“Hekate Einodia, Trioditis [Trivia], lovely dame,  of earthly, watery, and celestial frame,  sepulchral, in a saffron veil arrayed,  pleased with dark ghosts that wander through the shade;  Perseis, solitary goddess, hail!  The world’s key-bearer, never doomed to fail;  in stags rejoicing, huntress, nightly seen,  and drawn by bulls, unconquerable queen;  Leader, Nymphe, nurse, on mountains…

“Hear, Goddess queen, diffusing silver light,  bull-horn’d and wand’ring thro’ the gloom of Night. With stars surrounded, and with circuit wide  Night’s torch extending, thro’ the heav’ns you ride: Female and Male with borrow’d rays you shine,  and now full-orb’d, now tending to decline. Mother of ages, fruit-producing Moon [Mene],  whose amber orb makes Night’s…

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  and leaping coursers, beaming light from far: With thy right hand the source of morning light,  and with thy left the…

“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, th’ eternal world’s strong base  immortal, blessed, crown’d with ev’ry grace; From whose wide womb, as from an endless root,  fruits, many-form’d, mature and grateful…

“Mother of Gods [Meter Theon], 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 of the pole divine,  and the world’s middle seat, much-fam’d, is thine. Hence earth is thine, and needy mortals share…

“O Mighty Titans, who from heav’n [Ouranos] and earth [Gaia]  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  th’ afflicted, miserable, race of man: Who not alone in earth’s retreats abide,  but in the ocean and the…

“Daughter of great Protogonus, divine,  illustrious Rhea, to my pray’r incline, Who driv’st thy holy car with speed along,  drawn by fierce lions, terrible and strong.  Mother of Jove [Zeus], whose mighty arm can wield  th’ avenging bolt, and shake the dreadful shield. Drum-beating, frantic, of a splendid mien,  brass-sounding, honor’d, Saturn’s [Kronos’] blessed queen.…

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,  pure, holy pow’r, all-parent, great and strong: Come, and benevolent these rites attend,  and grant my days a peaceful, blessed end. This is an interesting Hymn in…

Hermes, draw near, and to my pray’r incline,  angel of Jove [Zeus], and Maia’s son divine; Studious of contests, ruler of mankind,  with heart almighty, and a prudent mind. Celestial messenger, of various skill,  whose pow’rful arts could watchful Argus kill: With winged feet, ’tis thine thro’ air to course,  O friend of man, and…