With prayer and sacrifice ceased not adoring + 

Heaven’s herald Hermes, him in whom begun + 

Be Games and ended, who is honour pouring + 

On Arcady’s hero-land⁠—He, Sostratus’ son, + 

With his deep-thundering Sire, thy bliss fulfils. + 

My tongue is poesy’s whetstone shrilly-sounding! + 

That fancy all my willing spirit thrills + 

With breathings beauty-rippling. Flower-abounding + 

Metope in Stymphalus ringed of hills, + 