Daughter of great Protogonus divine
Illustrious Rhea to my prayer incline
Who drives thy holy car with speed along
Drawn by fierce lions, terrible and strong
Mother of Jove whose mighty arm can wield
The avenging bolt and shake the dreadful shield
Drum-beating fanatic and of a splendid mien
Brass-sounding, honored, Kronos’s blessed Queen
Thou joyest in mountains and tumultuous fight
And in the sacred screams you take delight
War’s parent mighty, of majestic frame
Deceitful savior, liberating dame
Mother of gods and men from whom the Earth
And lofty heavens derive their glorious birth
The aethereal gales and the deeply spreading sea
Goddess aerial formed, proceed from thee
Come pleased with wanderings blessed and divine
With peace attended on our labors shine
Bring rich abundance and wherever found
Drive dire disease to Earth’s remotest bound
The Orphic Hymns 