And shadowed was his head by garlands twain + 

When Isthmus saw him win the parsley-meed: + 

Kindness no less from Nemea did he gain + 

The record of his father’s lightning speed + 

Is treasured still where Alpheus softly paces. + 

Yea, and at Pytho by his feet were won + 

The crowns of honour in the twofold races, + 

Single and double, under one day’s sun. + 

In that same month at rocky Athens-town + 

A day fulfilled of glorious victory + 

Set on his hair crown after victor’s crown + 

Whose flying feet had won him races three. + 