Athena.

Hymn things that strike fair victory’s mark: from Earth,

From the sea’s briny dew, and from the sky

Bring blessings; the benignly-breathing gales

On summer wings be wafted to this land;

Let the Earth swell with the exuberant flow

Of fruits and flowers, that want may be unknown.

Bless human seed with increase, but cast out

The impious man; even as a gardener, I

Would tend the flowers, the briars and the thorns