On Ceres call, and choral hymns resound.”
“Ceres was she who first our furrows ploughed,
Who gave sweet fruits and every good allowed.”
Pope.
Ces′tus, the girdle of Venus, which excited irresistible affection.
Cha′os allegorically represented the confused mass of matter supposed to have existed before the creation of the world, and out of which the world was formed.
“... Behold the throne
Of Chaos, and his dark pavilion spread
Wide on the wasteful deep; with him enthroned
Sat sable-vested Night, eldest of all things,