20	Timotheus, plac’d on high
21	Amid the tuneful choir,
22	With flying fingers touch’d the lyre:
23	The trembling notes ascend the sky,
24	And heav’nly joys inspire.
25	The song began from Jove,
26	Who left his blissful seats above,
27	(Such is the pow’r of mighty love.)
28	A dragon’s fiery form belied the god:
29	Sublime on radiant spires he rode,
30	When he to fair Olympia press’d;
31	And while he sought her snowy breast:
32	Then, round her slender waist he curl’d,
33	And stamp’d an image of himself, a sov’reign of the world.
34	The list’ning crowd admire the lofty sound,
35	"A present deity," they shout around:
36	"A present deity," the vaulted roofs rebound.
37	With ravish’d ears
38	The monarch hears,
39	Assumes the god,
40	Affects to nod,
41	And seems to shake the spheres.

	CHORUS
42	With ravish’d ears
43	The monarch hears,
44	Assumes the god,
45	Affects to nod,
46	And seems to shake the spheres.

¹John Dryden. Alexander’s Feast; or, The Power of musique. London: J. Tonson, 1697. PR 3415 A39 1697A ROBA