To The Titans

p. 167

XXXVI.

TO THE TITANS  ^*

The FUMIGATION from FRANKINCENSE.

O Mighty Titans, who from heav'n and earth
Derive your noble and illustrious birth,
Our fathers fires, in Tartarus profound
Who dwell, deep merg'd beneath the solid ground:
Fountains and principles, from whom began 5
Th' afflicted, miserable, race of man:
Who not alone in earth's retreats abide,
But in the ocean and the air reside;
Since ev'ry species from your nature flows,
Which all prolific, nothing barren knows: 10
Avert your rage, if from th' infernal seats
One of your tribe should visit our retreats.

Footnotes

167:* See note to Hymn xxxi. to Pallas.