But one thing certainly mine heart divineth, + 

That, whatso excellence Lord Fate designeth + 

For me, Time’s onward-stealing feet will bring + 

To its ordained perfection that same thing. + 

Weave on, O winsome Lyre, make speed in weaving + 

Thy web of song that shall accordant ring + 

With Lydian harmony, song-vesture cleaving + 

Lovingly round Oenone and Cyprus, where, + 

Far from the ancient home constrained to fare, + 

An island-king Telamonian Teucer is, + 

While Aias rules ancestral Salamis; + 