HEAR, Goddess queen, diffusing silver light,

Bull-horn'd and wand'ring thro' the gloom of Night. 2



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With stars surrounded, and with circuit wide

Night's torch extending, thro' the heav'ns you ride:

Female and Male with borrow'd rays you shine, 5 5

And now full-orb'd, now tending to decline.

Mother of ages, fruit-producing Moon,

Whose amber orb makes Night's reflected noon:



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Lover of horses, splendid, queen of Night,

All-seeing pow'r bedeck'd with starry light. 10

Lover of vigilance, the foe of strife,

In peace rejoicing, and a prudent life:

Fair lamp of Night, its ornament and friend,

Who giv'st to Nature's works their destin'd end. 14

Queen of the stars, all-wife Diana hail! 15

Deck'd with a graceful robe and shining veil;

Come, blessed Goddess, prudent, starry, bright,

Come moony-lamp with chaste and splendid light,

Shine on these sacred rites with prosp'rous rays,

And pleas'd accept thy suppliant's mystic praise.