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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.

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