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The Orphic Hymns, Hymn 81: Sweet-breathing breezes of the West

The hymn to the West Wind, sung over frankincense. It is spoken to his breezes: soft spring airs that bring rest and fair sailing.

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• 81.1 Sweet-breathing breezes of the West. Of Zephyros. Incense: frankincense. Sea-born breezes of the West Wind, roaming the air, sweet-breathing,…
• 81.5 Come kindly, unseen and light-winged. come kindly, blowing on us without fault, airy, unseen, light-winged, formed of air.

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