Hymn XLI: To the Ceralian Mother

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 valleys found'st relief,
Discovering Proserpine thy daughter pure
In dread Avernus, dismal and obscure ;
A sacred youth while thro' the earth you stray,
Bacchus, attending leader of the way ;
The holy marriage of terrestrial Jove
Relating, while oppress'd with grief you rove.
Come, much invok'd, and to these rites inclin'd,
Thy mystic suppliant bless, with fav'ring mind.