"Goethe and Holderlin in Germany were obsessed by the power of Pindar—Goethe ranked him second only to Homer—and composed lyrics which echo much of the Pindaric spirit. In England Gray was the first to respond to the call. His Pindaric odes, with their urgency and passion, foreshadow bolder flights that were to come. Shelley's Ode to Naples is divided into ten irregular stanzas marked epode, strophe and antistrophe and characterized by the lively transitions and unrestrained imagery of Pindar. The Ode to the West Wind and Wordsworth's Intimations of Immortality stand in the same tradition. The suitability and appeal of Pindar penetrated to the schools and Universities."