Late though it come. Most swift is the eagle of all winged things, + 

Who suddenly grips in his talons with far-flying swoop of his wings + 

His blood-stained quarry. But chattering daws o’er the low grounds hover. + 

On thee, whom the favour of Klio the splendour-throned doth cover + 

With glory, because of thy spirit, the athlete-champion’s mind, + 

From Nemea and Megara light, and from Epidaurus, hath shined. + 