He hath tasted the joy of the athlete: the gorge of Parnassus hath hailed him + 

To the host of the dwellers around as first in the boys’ double-race. + 

Sweet, O Apollo, man’s work is when God’s strong help hath availed him, + 

Sweet in beginning and end; and this he achieved by thy grace; + 

And his prowess inborn in the print of the feet of his father doth pace. + 