Garlands of victory twined in Theron’s hair + 

Exact of me this debt that Heaven ordains + 

For Ainesidamus’ son in order fair + 

To blend the varying strains + 

Of lyres with voice of flutes and ordering + 

Of chanted words; and Pisa bids proclaim + 

His glory⁠—Pisa, poesy’s well-spring + 

Whence, by the Gods inspired, the great songs ring + 

That give men deathless fame, + 