A toilsome theme, but glory nerves the will
To pluck my laurels from no easy hill.
[tr. Moore (1870), 5.10]

Hard is the hill, but glory nerves my soul:
I'd cull my chaplet from no easy knoll.
[tr. Cranstoun (1875), 5.10]

I am climbing a difficult road; but the glory gives me strength. [...]
[E.g. (1882)]

I am beginning a steep ascent, but glory gives me strength; a crown gathered from an easy ascent pleases me not.
[tr. Gantillon (1884), 5.10]

This is no light stage which I must surmount, but honour gives me strength. I care not for a garland gathered from an easy hill.
[tr. Phillimore (1906)]

Great are the heights I must scale, but glory lends me strength; crowns plucked from easy summits please me not.
[tr. Butler (Loeb) (1912)]

A difficult theme: grant me power to try it.
[tr. Carrier (1963)]

An arduous climb but its glory gives me strength;
There can be no pleasure in garlands plucked
From easy summits.
[tr. Musker (1972)]

Great is the road I climb but glory gives me strength,
Disdaining garlands plucked from easy summits.
[tr. Lee (1992)]

Great is the height that I must scale, but the prospect of glory gives me strength. [...]
[E.g. (1997)]

I climb a steep path, but the glory of it gives me strength: I never delight in wreathes plucked on easy slopes.
[tr. Kline (2001)]

Great height I scale, but glory gives me strength: a crown
from easy slopes brings no renown.
[tr. Holcombe (2009)]