And the whole hierarchy, with heads hung down,
Submissively declined the ponderous proffer'd crown.
Then, not till then, the Eternal Son from high
Rose in the strength of all the Deity;
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Stood forth to accept the terms, and underwent }
A weight which all the frame of heaven had bent, }
Nor he himself could bear, but as Omnipotent. }
Now, to remove the least remaining doubt,
That even the blear-eyed sects may find her out,