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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VI. The 39th HYMN.
To Ceres.
Dio, fam'd Goddess, universal mother,
Giver of wealth, thou holy nursing Ceres,
Giver of riches, nourisher of corn,
Giver of all things, in the works of peace
Joying: of seed, of harvest, threshing, fruits
Goddess, inhabiting Eleusis' seats
Holy, retir'd: delightful, lovely queen,
Supporter of all mortals; who first join'd
The ploughing oxen to the yoke, and blest
Man with the plenteous means of happy life;
In verdure still encreasing, high in honour,
Assessor of great Bacchus: bearer of light
Pure, bright: rejoicing in the reaper's sickles,
Celestial and terrestrial, kind to all,
Fertile, thy daughter loving, holy nurse;
Thy pair of dragons yoking to thy car
Around thy throne in circling course thou'rt driven,
Singing the sacred orgies: only-begotten,
Yet thou'rt of many mother, much rever'd.
Thine are the various forms of sacred flow'rs,
And fruits all beauteous in their native green.
Bright Goddess come, with summer's rich encrease
Swelling and pregnant: bring with thee smiling peace,
Fair concord, riches, and imperial health.
Giver of wealth, thou holy nursing Ceres,
Giver of riches, nourisher of corn,
Giver of all things, in the works of peace
Joying: of seed, of harvest, threshing, fruits
Goddess, inhabiting Eleusis' seats
Holy, retir'd: delightful, lovely queen,
Supporter of all mortals; who first join'd
The ploughing oxen to the yoke, and blest
Man with the plenteous means of happy life;
In verdure still encreasing, high in honour,
Assessor of great Bacchus: bearer of light
Pure, bright: rejoicing in the reaper's sickles,
Celestial and terrestrial, kind to all,
Fertile, thy daughter loving, holy nurse;
Thy pair of dragons yoking to thy car
Around thy throne in circling course thou'rt driven,
Singing the sacred orgies: only-begotten,
Yet thou'rt of many mother, much rever'd.
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And fruits all beauteous in their native green.
Bright Goddess come, with summer's rich encrease
Swelling and pregnant: bring with thee smiling peace,
Fair concord, riches, and imperial health.
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