Such horror is prisoned through years unending + 

’Neath the heights dark-leaved in the earth’s embrace, + 

While his back is furrowed with gory rending + 

By the flints of his restless resting-place! + 

O Zeus, may we in thy sight find grace + 

Who dost make this mountain thine habitation, + 

This rich land’s forefront, whose namesake-town + 

Her founder ennobled, what time his nation + 

Was “of Etna” published by proclamation + 

Of the Pythian herald who spake the renown + 

Of Hiero’s car-won victory-crown. + 