Orphic Hymn 66

To Vulcan

THE FUMIGATION FROM FRANKINCENSE AND MANNA. Strong, mighty Vulcan, bearing splendid light, Unweary’d fire, with flaming torrents bright: Strong-handed, deathless, and of art divine, Pure element, a portion of the world is thine: All-taming artist, all-diffusive pow’r, ‘Tis thine, supreme, all substance to devour: Ether, Sun, Moon, and Stars, light pure and clear, For these thy lucid parts to men appear. To thee all dwellings, cities, tribes belong, Diffus’d thro’ mortal bodies, rich and strong. Hear, blessed pow’r, to holy rites incline, And all propitious on the incense shine: Suppress the rage of fire’s unweary’d frame, And still preserve our nature’s vital flame.