Hymn To The Titans
The Fumigation from Frankincense.
O Mighty Titans, who from heaven and earth
Derive your noble and illustrious birth,
Our fathers sires, in Tartarus profound
Who dwell, deep merged beneath the solid ground:
Fountains and principles, from whom began
The afflicted, miserable, race of man:
Who not alone in earth's retreats abide,
But in the ocean and the air reside;
Since every species from your nature flows,
Which all prolific, nothing barren knows:
Avert your rage, if from the infernal seats
One of your tribe should visit our retreats.
Translated by Thomas Taylor.