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,

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.

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