Yet ah, his parents’ faint-heart fears their stalwart son restrained, + 

That Pytho’s and Olympia’s crowns were unessayed, ungained; + 

Else, by the Great Oath’s sanctity I swear that sure am I, + 

To Castaly and Kronos’ tree-girt hill had he but gone, + 

He had returned with triumph-crowns from rival champions won, + 