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Wreathe in a garland the corn's golden ear	A
With it the Cyane blue intertwine	B
Rapture must render each glance bright and clear	C
For the great queen is approaching her shrine	B
She who compels lawless passions to cease	D
Who to link man with his fellow has come	E
And into firm habitations of peace	D
Changed the rude tents' ever wandering home	F
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Shyly in the mountain cleft	G
Was the Troglodyte concealed	H
And the roving Nomad left	G
Desert lying each broad field	H
With the javelin with the bow	I
Strode the hunter through the land	J
To the hapless stranger woe	K
Billow cast on that wild strand	J
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When in her sad wanderings lost	L
Seeking traces of her child	M
Ceres hailed the dreary coast	N
Ah no verdant plain then smiled	M
That she here with trust may stay	O
None vouchsafes a sheltering roof	P
Not a temple's columns gay	O
Give of godlike worship proof	P
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Fruit of no propitious ear	A
Bids her to the pure feast fly	Q
On the ghastly altars here	A
Human bones alone e'er dry	Q
Far as she might onward rove	R
Misery found she still in all	S
And within her soul of love	T
Sorrowed she o'er man's deep fall	S
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Is it thus I find the man	U
To whom we our image lend	V
Whose fair limbs of noble span	U
Upward towards the heavens ascend	V
Laid we not before his feet	W
Earth's unbounded godlike womb	X
Yet upon his kingly seat	W
Wanders he without a home	F
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Does no god compassion feel	Y
Will none of the blissful race	Z
With an arm of miracle	A2
Raise him from his deep disgrace	Z
In the heights where rapture reigns	B2
Pangs of others ne'er can move	C2
Yet man's anguish and man's pains	B2
My tormented heart must prove	C2
	-
So that a man a man may be	D2
Let him make an endless bond	E2
With the kind earth trustingly	A2
Who is ever good and fond	E2
To revere the law of time	F2
And the moon's melodious song	G2
Who with silent step sublime	F2
Move their sacred course along	G2
	-
And she softly parts the cloud	H2
That conceals her from the sight	I2
Sudden in the savage crowd	H2
Stands she as a goddess bright	I2
There she finds the concourse rude	J2
In their glad feast revelling	G2
And the chalice filled with blood	K2
As a sacrifice they bring	G2
	-
But she turns her face away	O
Horror struck and speaks the while	A2
Bloody tiger feasts ne'er may	O
Of a god the lips defile	A2
He needs victims free from stain	L2
Fruits matured by autumn's sun	M2
With the pure gifts of the plain	L2
Honored is the Holy One	M2
	-
And she takes the heavy shaft	N2
From the hunter's cruel hand	J
With the murderous weapon's haft	N2
Furrowing the light strown sand	J
Takes from out her garland's crown	O2
Filled with life one single grain	L2
Sinks it in the furrow down	O2
And the germ soon swells amain	O2
	-
And the green stalks gracefully	A2
Shoot ere long the ground above	T
And as far as eye can see	A2
Waves it like a golden grove	R
With her smile the earth she cheers	P2
Binds the earliest sheaves so fair	Q2
As her hearth the landmark rears	P2
And the goddess breathes this prayer	Q2
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Father Zeus who reign'st o'er all	A2
That in ether's mansions dwell	A2
Let a sign from thee now fall	A2
That thou lov'st this offering well	A2
And from the unhappy crowd	H2
That as yet has ne'er known thee	A2
Take away the eye's dark cloud	H2
Showing them their deity	A2
	-
Zeus upon his lofty throne	O2
Harkens to his sister's prayer	Q2
From the blue heights thundering down	O2
Hurls his forked lightning there	Q2
Crackling it begins to blaze	R2
From the altar whirling bounds	S2
And his swift winged eagle plays	R2
High above in circling rounds	S2
	-
Soon at the feet of their mistress are kneeling	G2
Filled with emotion the rapturous throng	G2
Into humanity's earliest feeling	G2
Melt their rude spirits untutored and strong	G2
Each bloody weapon behind them they leave	T2
Rays on their senses beclouded soon shine	O2
And from the mouth of the queen they receive	T2
Gladly and meekly instruction divine	O2
	-
All the deities advance	U2
Downward from their heavenly seats	V2
Themis' self 'tis leads the dance	U2
And with staff of justice metes	U2
Unto every one his rights	U2
Landmarks too 'tis hers to fix	U2
And in witness she invites	U2
All the hidden powers of Styx	U2
	-
And the forge god too is there	Q2
The inventive son of Zeus	U2
Fashioner of vessels fair	Q2
Skilled in clay and brass's use	U2
'Tis from him the art man knows	U2
Tongs and bellows how to wield	H
'Neath his hammer's heavy blows	U2
Was the ploughshare first revealed	H
	-
With projecting weighty spear	C
Front of all Minerva stands	U2
Lifts her voice so strong and clear	C
And the godlike host commands	U2
Steadfast walls 'tis hers to found	W2
Shield and screen for every one	O2
That the scattered world around	W2
Bind in loving unison	O2
	-
The immortals' steps she guides	U2
O'er the trackless plains so vast	X2
And where'er her foot abides	U2
Is the boundary god held fast	X2
And her measuring chain is led	Y2
Round the mountain's border green	O2
E'en the raging torrent's bed	Y2
In the holy ring is seen	O2
	-
All the Nymphs and Oreads too	Z2
Who the mountain pathways o'er	A3
Swift foot Artemis pursue	Z2
All to swell the concourse pour	B3
Brandishing the hunting spear	C
Set to work glad shouts uprise	U2
'Neath their axes' blows so clear	C
Crashing down the pine wood flies	U2
	-
E'en the sedge crowned God ascends	U2
From his verdant spring to light	I2
And his raft's direction bends	U2
At the goddess' word of might	I2
While the hours all gently bound	W2
Nimbly to their duty fly	A2
Rugged trunks are fashioned round	W2
By her skilled hand gracefully	A2
	-
E'en the sea god thither fares	U2
Sudden with his trident's blow	A2
He the granite columns tears	U2
From earth's entrails far below	A2
In his mighty hands on high	A2
Waves he them like some light ball	A2
And with nimble Hermes by	A2
Raises up the rampart wall	A2
	-
But from out the golden strings	U2
Lures Apollo harmony	A2
Measured time's sweet murmurings	U2
And the might of melody	A2
The Camoenae swell the strain	O2
With their song of ninefold tone	O2
Captive bound in music's chain	O2
Softly stone unites to stone	O2
	-
Cybele with skilful hand	J
Open throws the wide winged door	B3
Locks and bolts by her are planned	J
Sure to last forevermore	B3
Soon complete the wondrous halls	U2
By the gods' own hands are made	C3
And the temple's glowing walls	U2
Stand in festal pomp arrayed	C3
	-
With a crown of myrtle twined	D3
Now the goddess queen comes there	B3
And she leads the fairest hind	D3
To the shepherdess most fair	B3
Venus with her beauteous boy	E3
That first pair herself attires	U2
All the gods bring gifts of joy	E3
Blessing their love's sacred fires	U2
	-
Guided by the deities	U2
Soon the new born townsmen pour	B3
Ushered in with harmonies	U2
Through the friendly open door	B3
Holding now the rites divine	O2
Ceres at Zeus' altar stands	U2
Blessing those around the shrine	O2
Thus she speaks with folded hands	U2
	-
Freedom's love the beast inflames	U2
And the god rules free in air	B3
While the law of Nature tames	U2
Each wild lust that lingers there	B3
Yet when thus together thrown	O2
Man with man must fain unite	I2
And by his own worth alone	O2
Can he freedom gain and might	I2
	-
Wreathe in a garland the corn's golden ear	B3
With it the Cyane blue intertwine	O2
Rapture must render each glance bright and clear	B3
For the great queen is approaching her shrine	O2
She who our homesteads so blissful has given	O2
She who has man to his fellow man bound	W2
Let our glad numbers extol then to heaven	O2
Her who the earth's kindly mother is found	W2