XL. To The Ceralian Mother

XL.

TO THE CERALIAN MOTHER.

The FUMIGATION from AROMATICS.

CERALIAN queen, of celebrated name,
From whom both men, and Gods immortal came;
Who widely wand'ring once, oppress'd with grief,
In Eleusina's valley found'st relief,

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Discovering Proserpine thy daughter pure 5
In dread Avernus, dismal and obscure;
A sacred youth while thro' the world you stray
Bacchus, attending leader of the way;
The holy marriage of terrestrial Jove
Relating, while oppress'd with grief you rove; 10
Come, much invok'd, and to these rites inclin'd,
Thy mystic suppliant bless, with fav'ring mind.