The Fumigation from Aromatics.

Daughters of Nereus, resident in caves
Merged deep in Ocean, sporting thro' the waves;
fanatic fifty nymphs, who thro' the main
Delight to follow in the Triton's train,
Rejoicing close behind their cars to keep;
Whose forms half wild, are nourished by the deep,
With other nymphs of different degree
Leaping and wandering thro' the liquid sea:
Bright, watery dolphins, sonorous and gay,
Well pleased to sport with bacchanalian play;
Nymphs beauteous-eyed, whom sacrifice delights,
Send rich abundance on our mystic rites;
For you at first disclosed the rites divine,
Of holy Bacchus and of Proserpine,
Of fair Calliope from whom I spring,
And of Apollo bright, the Muse's king.

Translated by Thomas Taylor.