And this thy banished one prayeth that, now that his cup of pain + 

Hath been drained to the dregs, he may look on the home of his youth again, + 

May have part by Apollo’s fountain in the feast, may yield his heart + 

To the joyance of youth, and mid burghers wise in the minstrel’s art + 

May hold in his hands the cithern cunningly carved, and to peace + 

May attain, doing hurt unto no man, and injured by none of these; + 

And shall tell how fair a fountain of song immortal he found + 

For Arkesilas, late welcomed by a friend on Theban ground. + 