It was perhaps a bit of adulatory verse.
"The Letters of William James, Vol. II"
William James
As was customary, he was presented with adulatory addresses, and on October 10 departed in state.
"The Siege of Boston"
Allen French
One of the commonest errors, attributing immense antiquity, oriental origin, and everything noble in Ireland to the Milesians, originated with these men; or, rather, was transferred from the adulatory songs of clan-bards to grave stories.
"Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry"
Thomas Davis Commentator: T. W. Rolleston