Hymn LX: To the Graces

Hear me, illustrious Graces, mighty nam'd,
From Jove descended, and Eunomia fam'd,
Thalia and Aglaia fair and bright,
And blest Euphrosyne, whom joys delight :
Mothers of mirth; all lovely to the view,
Pleasure abundant, pure, belongs to you :
Various, for ever flourishing and fair,
Desir'd by mortals, much invok'd in pray'r ;
Circling, dark-ey'd, delightful to mankind,
Come, and your mystics' bless with bounteous mind.