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 Read but the threatning Language of the Skies,

How gathering Clouds, with-Child of Thunders rie;

See Mountains heap'd in trong Rebellion move,

See Oa top'd with Pelion, threatning Jove;

See angry Nature rou'd to Civil War,

'Twas Prudence firt taught Mankind how to fear;

Bold Science, whither wilt thou Steer!

Vain Caution! See the daring Nymph ets Sail,

What Fear calls Storm, he calls a welcome Gale;

On raging Waves, and Mountain Billows tot,

She ees with Joy her Port, with Joy he quits the Coat;

The Wind's embrac'd with high expanded Wings

The Sailors leep and fly, the Pilot ings;

Sometimes he mounts o high, he turns his Ear,

And litens for the Muick of a Sphere;

Charm'd with the Symphony, he'll Conort keep,

And Beat true Time, tho' he reviews the Deep.

She's gone, new Worlds he eeks, new Worlds he finds,

She rides on Tempets, and improves the Winds,

Th' Elemental Terrors he'll depie,

And Bully Neptune boldly he defies.

See how Mankind by her Experience taught,

Has all to Rule and Method brought;

The Practicable Seas to Art ubmit,

And Wealth and Commerce freely circulate,