LXXXV.

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;[cx][194] If Pindar sang horse-races, what should hinder Himself from being as pliable as Pindar?