In the duty ordained of our fathers. + 

With his sire’s brother’s glory he vies, + 

Is in usance of wealth ever wise, + 

Nor in arrogance lawlessly + 

Grasps at youth’s pleasures, but gathers + 

Flower-wisdom of poesy + 

To the Muses’ hid garden ascending. + 

And he draweth nigh unto thee, + 

O Earth-shaker, Lord of the sea, + 

In thy chariot-contests contending. + 

More sweet is his guest-befriending + 

Than the celled honeycomb of the bee. + 