Great deeds of prowess lure the bard unwitting + 

To lengthen out his strain; yet brevity + 

Grace-clad the wise hear most acceptably. + 

In everything to grasp the season fitting + 

Crowneth the emprise. Thebe seven-gated + 

Knew it; nor Iolaus failed to tread + 

That path. He clave Eurystheus’ head all-hated + 

With the keen sword; but when himself lay dead, + 

Then Thebe buried him with honour, heaping + 

His grave-mound where Amphitryon lay sleeping, + 

Her chariot-chief⁠—that tomb wherein did rest + 

His father’s father, he who was the guest + 

Of the Sown Men, lords of white steeds, who greeted + 

That hero well in Thebe stately-streeted. + 