Weak reason may pretend an awful sway,

And consistories charge her to obey;

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(Strange nonsense, to confine the sacred Dove, }

And narrow rules prescribe how he shall love, }

And how upon the barren waters move.) }

But she rejects and scorns their proud pretence,

And, whilst those grovling things depend on sense,

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She mounts on certain wings, and flies on high, }