Religion
Hymn LXXX: To Boreas
Translated by Thomas Taylor (1824) · From The Mystical Hymns of Orpheus (1824)
Boreas, whose wintry blasts, terrific, tear
The bosom of the deep surrounding air ;
Cold icy pow'r, approach, and fav'ring blow,
And Thrace awhile desert, expos'd to snow :
The air's all-misty dark'ning state dissolve,
With pregnant clouds whose frames in show'rs resolve.
Serenely temper all within the sky,
And wipe from moisture Ether's splendid eye.
Codex Note
The fumigation from frankincense.
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Orpheus (Orphic Hymns). “Hymn LXXX: To Boreas.” Translated by Thomas Taylor. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/orpheus/80/.
Chicago
Orpheus (Orphic Hymns). “Hymn LXXX: To Boreas.” Translated by Thomas Taylor. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/orpheus/80/.
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