The Homeric Hymns · c. 1624
Hymn XIII — To Demeter
Translated by George Chapman (c. 1624)
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The rich-hair’d Ceres I assay to sing;
A Goddess, in whose grace the natural spring
Of serious majesty itself is seen;
And of the wedded, yet in grace still green,
Proserpina, her daughter, that displays
A beauty casting every way her rays.
All honour to thee, Goddess! Keep this town;
And take thou chief charge of my song’s renown!
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Homer. The Homeric Hymns, Hymn XIII — To Demeter. Translated by George Chapman. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/homeric-hymns-chapman/10/.
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Homer. The Homeric Hymns, Hymn XIII — To Demeter. Translated by George Chapman. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/homeric-hymns-chapman/10/.