TO AURORA [EOS]

The Fumigation from Manna.

Hear me, O Goddess! whose emerging ray leads on the broad refulgence of the
day;
Blushing Aurora [Eos], whose celestial light beams on the world with red'ning
splendours bright:
Angel of Titan, whom with constant round, thy orient beams recall from night
profound:
Labour of ev'ry kind to lead is thine, of mortal life the minister divine.
Mankind in thee eternally delight, and none presumes to shun thy beauteous
sight.
Soon as thy splendours break the bands of rest, and eyes unclose with pleasing
sleep oppress'd;
Men, reptiles, birds, and beasts, with gen'ral voice, and all the nations of the
deep, rejoice;
For all the culture of our life is thine. Come, blessed pow'r! and to these rites
incline:
Thy holy light increase, and unconfin'd diffuse its radiance on thy mystic's mind.
[76] LXXVI. To MNEMOSYNE, or the GODDESS of MEMORY
The Fumigation from Frankincense.
The consort I invoke of Jove [Zeus] divine, source of the holy, sweetly-speaking
Nine;
Free from th' oblivion of the fallen mind, by whom the soul with intellect is join'd:
Reason's increase, and thought to thee belong, all-powerful, pleasant, vigilant,
and strong:
'Tis thine, to waken from lethargic rest all thoughts deposited within the breast;
And nought neglecting, vigorous to excite the mental eye from dark oblivion's
night.
Come, blessed power, thy mystic's mem'ry wake to holy rites, and Lethe's fetters
break.
[77] LXXVII. TO AURORA [EOS]

TO THEMIS
The Fumigation from Frankincense.
Illustrious Themis, of celestial birth, thee I invoke, young blossom of the earth;
Beauteous-eyed virgin; first from thee alone, prophetic oracles to men were
known,
Giv'n from the deep recesses of the fane in sacred Pytho, where renown'd you
reign;
From thee, Apollo's oracles arose, and from thy pow'r his inspiration flows.
Honour'd by all, of form divinely bright, majestic virgin, wand'ring in the night:
Mankind from thee first learnt initial rites, and Bacchus' nightly choirs thy soul
delights;
For holy honours to disclose is thine, with all the culture of the pow'rs divine.
Be present, Goddess, to my pray'r inclin'd, and bless the mystic rites with fav'ring
mind.