🏛️ Hymn 21 - THE SEA [THALASSA], OR TETHYS

Tethys I call, with eyes cærulean bright, hid in a veil obscure from human sight; Great Ocean's empress, wand'ring thro' the deep, and pleas'd with gentle gales, the earth to sweep;

Whose blessed waves in swift succession go, and lash the rocky shore with endless flow: Delighting in the Sea serene to play, in ships exulting and the wat'ry way.

Mother of Venus [Kypris], and of clouds obscure, great nurse of beasts, and source of fountains pure. O venerable Goddess, hear my pray'r, and make benevolent my life thy care;

Send, blessed queen, to ships a prosp'rous breeze, and waft them safely o'er the stormy seas.