That harp which on Cyllene’s shady hill,
When first the vocal shell was found,
With more than mortal skill
Inventor Hermes taught to sound:
Hermes on bright Latona’s son,
By sweet persuasion won,
The wondrous work bestow’d;
Latona’s son, to thine
Indulgent, gave the gift divine;
A god the gift, a god th’ invention show’d.