Strophe 5
καιρόν: Adverbial. “If thy utterance prove in season.”φθέγξαιο: The poet to himself with a wish (O. 1.108).
πείρατα συντανύσαις: “Twisting the strands of many things into a brief compass.” The contrast is ἐκτείνειν λόγον, τείνειν, ἀποτείνειν, ἐκτείνειν, μακράν. See Intr. Ess. p. xliii (note).