To Neptune
Orphic Hymn
Hear Neptune, ruler of the sea profound
Whose liquid grasp begirts the solid ground
Who, at the bottom of the stormy main
Dark and deep bosomed, holdest your watery reign
Your awful hand the brazen trident bears
And ocean's utmost bound, you will reveres
You I invoke, whose steeds the foam divide
From whose dark locks the briny waters glide
Whose voice loud founding through the roaring deep
Drives all its billows, in a raging heap
You I invoke, whose steeds the foam divide
From whose dark locks the briny waters glide
Its yours, Caerulian demon, to survey
Well pleased the monsters of the ocean play
Confirm earth's basis, and with prosperous gales
Waft ships along, and swell the spacious sails
Add gentle Peace, and fair-hair'd Health beside
And pour abundance in a blameless tide
