Religion
Hymn XLVIII: To Sabazius
Translated by Thomas Taylor (1824) · From The Mystical Hymns of Orpheus (1824)
Hear me, illustrious father, demon fam'd,
Great Saturn's offspring, and Sabazius nam'd ;
Inserting Bacchus, bearer of the vine,
And sounding God, within thy thigh divine,
That when mature, the Dionysian God
Might burst the bands of his conceal'd abode,
And come to sacred Tmolus, his delight,
Where Ippa dwells, all beautiful and bright.
Blest Phrygian God, the most august of all,
Come aid thy mystics, when on thee they call.
Codex Note
The fumigation from aromatics.
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MLA
Orpheus (Orphic Hymns). “Hymn XLVIII: To Sabazius.” Translated by Thomas Taylor. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/orpheus/48/.
Chicago
Orpheus (Orphic Hymns). “Hymn XLVIII: To Sabazius.” Translated by Thomas Taylor. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/orpheus/48/.
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