Even they whose home my lips proclaim the glorious isle + 

Aegina!⁠—that tower builded long ago + 

For heroism’s feet to scale her stately pile. + 

My tongue’s true-aiming bow + 

Hath many a shaft whose flight shall sing their praise: yea, Aias’ state + 

Can witness how her shipmen’s prowess saved from thraldom’s fate + 