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 But when she Measures the Transcendant Height, Her feeble Wings Decline the dangerous Flight. The trembling Sounds are dash'd upon her Tongue, And Admiration interdicts her Song.

So in the famous Hall where Themis sways, And re-inthron'd by Thee exerts her Rays, A Youth, who fain wou'd to the Barr proceed, And from a Hearing-Counsel Call'd to Plead, At length, Surrounded with Black Gowns and Fears, The Aukward Wrestler at the Barr appears; Entring the Lists, his Virgin-Motion makes; But soon the Oil his fault'ring Tongue forsakes. Thy Awful Presence Thunder-strikes his Sense, And Disarrays his Puny Eloquence. The blushing Orator Attempts in vain, The Thred of his Distracted Speech to gain. On