Within that boundless sea she strove to grasp.

Shall man, here stationed to revere that God

Who called him into being from the dust,

His moral scheme implead, and, impious, cite

Th’ Almighty Legislator to the bar

Of erring intellect?

George Bally.

Far other flame the vain enthusiast feels

When, reason by delusive fancy led

In sad captivity, the thoughts confused