But let him, envious as he is, repair
To this sage Dame, and meet conviction there!
Miranda sees her morning levee fill’d
With men, in every art and science skill’d—
Men who have gain’d a name, whom she invites,
Because in men of genius she delights.
To these she puts her questions, that produce
Discussion vivid, and discourse abstruse;
She no opinion for its boldness spares, 30
But loves to show her audience what she dares;