Who o’er Syracuse holdeth empery, + 

A king to his citizens gracious-souled; + 

Never jealous of good men’s weal is he + 

Whom stranger-friends from far lands hold + 

As a father with worshipful marvelling. + 

O might I but land on his shores and bring + 

A twofold boon, even health’s pure gold, + 

And the triumph-chant therewithal that I sing + 

To light with splendour the Pythian crown + 

Which his steed Pherenikus in days gone by + 

At Kirrha won for his lord’s renown, + 

To my friend then, crossing the deep sea, I + 

Had come as a light clear-shining afar, + 

Ay, beaming brighter than any star + 

In yonder sky. + 