At the festal assembly of Zeus Lycaean + 

Wondrous he showed in Parrhasia’s sight, + 

And again at Pellene’s games Heraean + 

He won him a warm defence from the spite + 

Of the blasts of winter, a mantle-vest. + 

And the sepulchre where Iolaus doth rest, + 

And Eleusis beside the sea attest + 

The splendour of all his deeds of might. + 

The gifts that by Nature’s self be given + 

Are ever the best; yet many there be + 

That by learning of teachers have painfully striven + 

To attain unto honour’s felicity. + 

But the deed whose achievement no God hath blessed, + 

That it never be published abroad is best. + 

Some paths there be that in glory’s quest + 

Lead farther than others her votary. + 