{"collection":"Classics","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/hoo/hoo27.htm","path":"cla/hoo/hoo27.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cla/hoo/hoo27.htm","text":"O Thou, who doff the roots of Ocean keep\n In seats c\u00e6rulean, d\u00e6mon of the deep,\n With fifty nymphs (attending in thy train,\n Fair virgin artists) glorying thro' the main:\n The dark foundation of the rolling sea 5\n And Earth's wide bounds, belong much-fam'd to thee;\n Great d\u00e6mon, source of all, whose pow'r can make\n The Earth's unmeasur'd, holy basis shake,\n When blust'ring winds in secret caverns pent,\n By thee excited, struggle hard for vent: 10\n Come, blessed Nereus, listen to my pray'r,\n And cease to shake the earth with wrath severe;\nSend on our sacred rites abundant health,\n With peace divine and necessary wealth.","title":"The Initiations of Orpheus: XXII: To Nereus","type":"page"}