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Thus, usually, when he was asked to sing,

He gave the different nations something national;

'T was 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;CX194

If Pindar sang horse-races, what should hinder

Himself from being as pliable as Pindar?