🏛️ Hymn 65 - VULCAN [HEPHAISTOS]

Strong, mighty Vulcan [Hephaistos], 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: Æther, 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 bright and strong. Hear, blessed power, to holy rites incline, and all propitious on the incense shine:

Suppress the rage of fires unweary'd frame, and still preserve our nature's vital flame.