A pillar more than Parian marble splendid⁠— + 

As gold when the refiner’s work is ended + 

Shows all its brightness forth, so by the lay + 

That chants great deeds in war or athlete-play + 

A man is raised to heights of bliss excelling + 

The pomp of kings⁠—let him then, though to-day + 

On Acheron’s shore thy Kallikles be dwelling, + 

Yet catch the sound of this my voice that sings + 

On earth his praise who in the athlete-rings + 

Of the great Trident-wielder thunder-voiced + 

With brows at Corinth garland-crowned rejoiced. + 