Thus, usually, when he was asked to sing,
He gave the different nations something national;
’Twas all the same to him—“God save the King,”
Or “Ça ira,” according to the fashion all:
His Muse made increment of anything,
From the high lyric down to the low rational;
If Pindar sang horse-races, what should hinder
Himself from being as pliable as Pindar?