Religion
Hymn XLVII: To Bacchus Pericionius
Translated by Thomas Taylor (1824) · From The Mystical Hymns of Orpheus (1824)
Bacchus Pericionius, hear my pray'r,
Who mad'st the house of Cadmus once thy care,
With matchless force his pillars twining round,
When burning thunders shook the solid ground,
In flaming, sounding torrents borne along,
Propt by thy grasp indissolubly strong.
Come, mighty Bacchus, to these rites inclin'd,
and bless thy suppliants with rejoicing mind.
Codex Note
The fumigation from aromatics.
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MLA
Orpheus (Orphic Hymns). “Hymn XLVII: To Bacchus Pericionius.” Translated by Thomas Taylor. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/orpheus/47/.
Chicago
Orpheus (Orphic Hymns). “Hymn XLVII: To Bacchus Pericionius.” Translated by Thomas Taylor. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/orpheus/47/.
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