But and if the praise of riches or might of hands or of battleward-sweeping + 

Steel-clad war-hosts kindle the heart of the bard, let them delve me the ground + 

For a long leap hence⁠—O yea, for my knees are strung for lightsome leaping. + 

Ay, an eagle am I, and the eagle’s swoop is beyond the sea-line’s bound. + 

Yea, for those heroes the welcoming song upon Pelion’s height was sung + 

By the choir most lovely of Muses nine; and the lyre with seven chords strung + 

With the golden quill in Apollo’s hand was swept till melodies rung + 