Thou and thy sires, O Megakles, achieved. + 

In your fair fortune I delight, + 

Yet for the recompense my soul is grieved + 

That envy doth requite + 

Your noble deeds withal. Yet long-enduring + 

Prosperity still brings, they say, + 

Evil with good; for there is no assuring + 

That bliss shall stay. + 