For he dwells in a city where cannot perish + 

Delight in song, where rule spear-clashing + 

Aiakids: eager are they to cherish + 

A spirit in strife of the Games well-tried. + 

If a man by achievements be glorified, + 

He hath dropped on the Muses’ rills sun-flashing + 

Honey-sweet matter for song-delight. + 

For shrouded in gloom of oblivion’s night + 

Are mighty deeds that be left unsung. + 

One mirror alone do we know that hath flung + 

Their reflection afar to endure for long, + 

If by grace of the Lady of Memory + 

Of the shining coronal, these may see + 

Their requital for toils in ringing song. + 