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A HYMNE TO HERMES.
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Be thou to Dis too, sole Ambassador;
Who (though all gifts, and bounties he abhor)
On thee he will bestowe, a wealthie One.
Thus King Apollo, honor'd Maia's Sonne,
With all the rights of friendship: all whose loue
Had Imposition, from the Will of Ioue.
And thus, with Gods and Mortalls Hermes liu'd;
Who truely helpt but few; but all deceiu'd
With an undifferencing respect; and made
Usine words, and false perswasions his Trade.
His Deeds, were all associats of the Night;
In which, his close wrongs, car'd for no mans Right.
So all salutes to Hermes, that are due;
Of whom, and all Gods, shall my Muse sing true.
Who (though all gifts, and bounties he abhor)
On thee he will bestowe, a wealthie One.
Thus King Apollo, honor'd Maia's Sonne,
With all the rights of friendship: all whose loue
Had Imposition, from the Will of Ioue.
And thus, with Gods and Mortalls Hermes liu'd;
Who truely helpt but few; but all deceiu'd
With an undifferencing respect; and made
Usine words, and false perswasions his Trade.
His Deeds, were all associats of the Night;
In which, his close wrongs, car'd for no mans Right.
So all salutes to Hermes, that are due;
Of whom, and all Gods, shall my Muse sing true.
The end of the Hymne to Hermes.
