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METAMORPHOSES: 11. INVOCATION OF ISIS, by                    
First Line: Thou that art sandalled on immortal feet
Last Line: By all thy rites and names, our lady, hear!
Alternate Author Name(s): Apuleius Of Madaura


THOU that art sandalled on immortal feet
With leaves of palm, the prize of Victory;
Thou that art crowned with snakes and blossoms sweet,
Queen of the silver dews and shadowy sky,
I pray thee by all names men name thee by!
Demeter, come, and leave the yellow wheat!
Or Aphrodite, let thy lovers sigh!
Or Dian, from thine Asian temple fleet!

Or, yet more dread, divine Persephone
From worlds of wailing spectres, ah, draw near;
Approach, Selene, from thy subject sea;
Come, Artemis, and this night spare the deer:
By all thy names and rites I summon thee
By all thy rites and names, Our Lady, hear!





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