Hymn XLII: To Misa

I call Thesmophorus, spermatic God,
Of various names, who bears the leafy rod :
Misa, ineffable, pure, sacred queen,
Twofold Iacchus, male and female seen.
Illustrious, whether to rejoice is thine .
In incense offer'd in the fane divine ;
Or if in Phrygia most thy soul delights,
Performing with thy mother sacred rites ;
Or if the land of Cyprus is thy care,
Pleas'd with the well crown'd Cytheria fair ;
Or if exulting in the fertile plains
With thy dark mother Isis, where she reigns,
With nurses pure attended, near the flood
Of sacred Egypt, thy divine abode :
Wherever resident, benevolent attend,
And in perfection these our labours end.