The Hymns of Callimachus, Translated from the Greek into English Verse, With Explanatory Notes To which are added, Select Epigrams, and the Coma Berenices of the same Author, Six Hymns of Orpheus, and The Encomium of Ptolemy by Theocritus. By William Dodd |
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I. The 14th HYMN of Orpheus.
To Jupiter.
Jove, ever honour'd, everlasting king,
Accept this witness of thy servant's love,
Due sacrifice and praise. Great pow'r, thro' thee
All things, that are, exist: earth, mountains, sea,
And all within the mighty sphere of heav'n.
Saturnian Jove, dread monarch of the sky,
In thunders loud and terrible descending:
All things producing, as of all the end
So the beginning, author of encrease,
Omnipotent, pow'r creative, purifier,
Whose arm rolls thunder, and the forky blaze
Of lightning darts! whose glorious word can shake
Earth's deep foundation! Oh accept my prayer,
Multiform deity, and give us health,
Fair peace, and riches with pure virtue crown'd.
Accept this witness of thy servant's love,
Due sacrifice and praise. Great pow'r, thro' thee
All things, that are, exist: earth, mountains, sea,
And all within the mighty sphere of heav'n.
Saturnian Jove, dread monarch of the sky,
In thunders loud and terrible descending:
All things producing, as of all the end
So the beginning, author of encrease,
Omnipotent, pow'r creative, purifier,
Whose arm rolls thunder, and the forky blaze
Of lightning darts! whose glorious word can shake
Earth's deep foundation! Oh accept my prayer,
Multiform deity, and give us health,
Fair peace, and riches with pure virtue crown'd.
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