Fain am I, by the favour of the Graces + 

Deep-girt, to chant aloud the victory won + 

By Telesikrates, Kyrene’s son, + 

At Pytho in the brazen-harnessed races. + 

His fortune fair I sing, and chant the glory + 

That crowns the city of the flying car, + 

Kyrene!⁠—Her Apollo, saith the story, + 

The bright-haired Son of Leto, caught afar + 

From Pelion’s dells with echoing winds enfolden, + 

And bare her thence upon his chariot golden, + 

That huntress-maid, to where he made her queen + 

Of flocks and harvests in her wide demesne, + 

The third part of the great earth’s boundless bosom, + 

A root of leafage fair and lovely blossom. + 