Sweet unto diverse men is the meed that from labour they reap, + 

To the shepherd, the ploughman, the fowler, to him who is fed from the sea. + 

Yet of these each strives but the wolf of hunger at bay to keep; + 

But who wins in the Games renown, or in battle victory, + 

When all men extol his achievement, receiveth the highest gain, + 

For praises as flowers on his head do strangers and citizens rain. + 