When the captain of Sicily’s fleet on-leading + 

The might of Syracuse, hurled to the sea + 

Their warrior youths from their ships light-speeding, + 

And set you thereby, ye Hellenes, free + 

From thraldom’s yoke hanging heavily o’er ye. + 

Yea, Athens and Sparta shall guerdon me + 

With thanks for my Salamis-lay, for the story + 

Of the battle before Kithairon, the glory + 

Won when the Medes of the curved bow fell: + 

And by Himera’s bank shall the song-flood swell + 

To Deinomenes’ sons’ battle-prowess, and tell + 

Of their victory. + 