Orphic Hymn 5

To Ether

THE FUMIGATION FROM SAFFRON. O ever untam’d Ether, rais’d on high In Jove’s dominions, ruler of the sky; Great portion of the Stars and lunar light, And of the Sun, with dazzling lustre bright; All-taming pow’r, ethereal shining fire, Whose vivid blasts the heat of life inspire; The world’s best element; light-bearing pow’r. With starry radiance shining, splendid flow’r; O hear my suppliant pray’r, and may thy frame Be ever innocent, serene, and tame.