Of Danae’s son, of the shower of gold, as the legend telleth, + 

Begotten. But when the Maid had released from his labours’ strain + 

The man she befriended, she framed the manifold music that welleth + 

From the flute, that her harmonies so might mimic the shrieks of pain + 

Wild and high from Euryale’s ravening jaws outshrilling. + 

Her devising it was, but she gave it to mortal men to possess; + 

And the “Strain of the Many Heads” she named it, the spirit-thrilling + 

Kindler of hearts to the contests whereinto multitudes press, + 