Prayer to Ceres, Tellus

O Mothers of Fruitfulness, Earth and Ceres, please, with salted spelt cakes offered for Your mother's woe, in kind service have Earth and Ceres nurtured wheat, She who gave grain life, She who gave us room to grow. May You grant tender seed abundant increase. Let not icy cold enwrap our new shoots with snow, while we sow let cloudless skies and fair winds blow. When the seed lies sprouting, sprinkle with gentle rains, may You ward off the feasting by birds from our grains. Crops of wheat, of barley, of spelt grow on the farm, look now, Good Mothers, guard well the field, the seasons change, the earth by Your breath grows warm, with Your gentle touch may You increase our yield. By Peace Ceres nursed, Her foster-child live in peace.