Kalendis Maiis O Goddess, Earth, of Gods and men the source, endu’d with fertile, all destroying force; All-parent, bounding, whose prolific pow’rs, produce a store of beauteous fruits and flow’rs, All-various maid, th’ eternal world’s strong base immortal, blessed, crown’d with ev’ry grace; From whose wide womb, as from an endless root, fruits, many-form’d, mature … Continue reading Orphic Hymn XXV. TO THE EARTH [GAIA]