{"collection":"Classics","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/hoo/hoo28.htm","path":"cla/hoo/hoo28.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cla/hoo/hoo28.htm","text":"DAUGHTERS of Nereus, resident in caves\n Merg'd deep in Ocean, sporting thro' the waves;\n Fanatic fifty nymphs, who thro' the main\n Delight to follow in the Triton's train,\n Rejoicing close behind their cars to keep; 5\n Whose forms half wild, are nourish'd by the deep,\n With other nymphs of different degree\n Leaping and wand'ring thro' the liquid sea:\n Bright, wat'ry dolphins, sonorous and gay,\n Well pleas'd to sport with bachanalian play; 10\n Nymphs beauteous-ey'd, whom sacrifice delights,\n Send rich abundance on our mystic rites;\n For you at first disclos'd the rites divine,\n Of holy Bacchus and of Proserpine,\n Of fair Calliope from whom I spring, 15\n And of Apollo bright, the Muse's king.","title":"The Initiations of Orpheus: XXIII: To the Nereids","type":"page"}