(2012) voice output
John Milton
yet i had rather, if I were to choose
thy service in some graver subject use
such as may make thee search thy coffers round
before thou clothe my fancy in fit sound
listening to what unshorn apollo sings
to the touch of golden wires, while hebe brings
immortal nectar to her knightly sire
then, passing through the spheres of watchful fire
and misty regions of wide air next under
and hills of snow and lofts of piled, thunder
may tell at length how green-eyed neptune raves
in heaven's defiance mustering all his waves
then sing of secret things that came to pass
when beldam nature in her cradle was
and last of kings and queens and heroes old
such as the wise demodocus once told
in solemn songs at king alcinous' feast
while sad Ulysses' soul, and all the rest
are held with his melodious harmony
in willing chains and sweet captivity