Now, now Alkimidas hath proved, plain for all eyes to see, + 

That this his House is like the fields that flame with golden grain, + 

Which, in the alternating years, now yield abundantly + 

To toiling men the bread of life that loads the laughing plain, + 

And in the year thereafter rest, to gather strength again. + 

Lo, now Aegina’s athlete-son, from where in Nemea holden + 

Are those heart-gladdening contests, cometh home, who, following + 

The course whose chart was by the destiny of Zeus unfolden, + 

Hath proved no baffled glory-hunter in the wrestling-ring. + 