The Internet (the Misinformation Superhighway) frequently attributes "May God grant us love for that which has splendor" to Pindar — without, of course, ever once citing an actual verse — and sometimes mixes
Pythian 3.62 in for good measure (e.g.
Pindar quote: My God grant me love for that which has splendor...). A rather careful scrutiny of all the
Epinikia reveals no such statement. Pindar's mission, after all, was not to love splendor, but to praise valor, thus "pleasing and trafficking with nobility" (
Pythian 2.96 ἁδόντα δ' εἴη με τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς ὁμιλεῖν). The one instance in which he uses the term φιλἀγλαος ("lover of splendor") pertains not to a human, but to Agrigentum, a place of splendid monuments (
Pythian 12.1).
The lines that follow in your citation ("Let us wonder ... as you run!") are evidently meant as a modern reflection, not a quotation from Pindar.