Mother mine, O Thebe of shield all-golden, + 

Me shall thy sovran behest embolden, + 

How full soever mine hands be, to lay + 

All other service aside for to-day. + 

O Delos, thou for whose exaltation + 

Hath my soul been outpoured, have no indignation! + 

What to a son true-hearted can be + 

More dear than a mother? Ah, yield to my plea, + 

Isle of Apollo! By grace of Heaven + 

Shall coupled fulfilment ere long be given + 

Unto hymnal-homages twain by me, + 