{"collection":"Classics","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/hoo/hoo57.htm","path":"cla/hoo/hoo57.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cla/hoo/hoo57.htm","text":"TERRESTRIAL Dionysius, hear my pray'r,\n Awak'ned rise with nymphs of lovely hair:\n Great Amphietus Bacchus, annual God,\n Who laid asleep in Proserpine's abode,\n Did'st lull to drowsy and oblivious rest,\n The rites triennial, and the sacred feast;\n Which rous'd again by thee, in graceful ring,\n Thy nurses round thee mystic anthems sing;\n When briskly dancing with rejoicing pow'rs,\n Thou mov'st in concert with the circling hours. 10\n Come, blessed, fruitful, horned, and divine,\n And on these rites with joyful aspect shine;\n Accept the general incense and the pray'r,\n And make prolific holy fruits thy care.","title":"The Initiations of Orpheus: LII: To Amphietus Bacchus","type":"page"}