{"collection":"Classics","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/hoo/hoo68.htm","path":"cla/hoo/hoo68.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cla/hoo/hoo68.htm","text":"THE holy king of Gods and men I call,\n Celestial Law, the righteous seal of all;\n The seal which stamps whate'er the earth contains,\n Nature's firm basis, and the liquid plains:\n Stable, and starry, of harmonious frame, 5\n Preserving laws eternally the same:\nThy all-composing pow'r in heaven appears,\n Connects its frame, and props the starry spheres;\n And shakes weak Envy with tremendous sound,\n Toss'd by thy arm in giddy whirls around. 10\n 'Tis thine, the life of mortals to defend,\n And crown existence with a blessed end;\n For thy command and alone, of all that lives\n Order and rule to ev'ry dwelling gives:\n Ever observant of the upright mind, 15\n And of just actions the companion kind;\n Foe to the lawless, with avenging ire,\n Their steps involving in destruction dire.\n Come, bless, abundant pow'r, whom all revere,\n By all desir'd, with favr'ing mind draw near; 20\n Give me thro' life, on thee to fix my fight,\n And ne'er forsake the equal paths of right.","title":"The Initiations of Orpheus: LXIII: To Law","type":"page"}