See, through this air, this ocean, and this earth, All matter quick, and bursting into birth. Above, how high, progressive life may go ! Around, how wide ! how deep extend below ! Vast chain of being ! which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel,... The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 223by Alexander Pope - 1869 - 485 pagesFull view - About this book
| Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1822 - 322 pages
...adieu. CUNNINGHAM. SECTION XX. The order of Nature. I. SEE, thro' this air, this ocean, and this earth, All matter quick, and bursting into birth. Above,...below: Vast chain of being ! which from God began, Nature ethereal, human; angel, man; Beast, bird, fisj, insect, what no eye can see No glass can reach;... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - 372 pages
...high, progressive life may go ! 235 Around, how wide, how deep extend below ! x/ Vast chain ofBeing ! which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel,...can see, No glass can reach ; from infinite to thee, 240 VARIATIONS. Ver. 238. Ed. 1st. Ethereal essence, spirit, substance, man. NOTES. place, element,... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1822 - 312 pages
...go ! Around, how wido ! how deep extend belowJ\ Vast chain of being ! which from God began, Nature ethereal, human; angel, man ; Beast, bird, fish, insect,...glass can reach ; from infinite to thee.\ From thee to nothing—On superior pow'rs "Were we to press, inferior might on ours ; Or in the full creation leave... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - 368 pages
...this earth, All matter quick, and bursting into birth. Above, how high, progressive life may go ! 235 Around, how wide, how deep extend below ! Vast chain...Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, inseot, what no eye can see, No glass can reach ; from infinite to thee, 240 VARIATIONS. Ver. 238.... | |
| 1822 - 284 pages
...all to thee 1 The powers of all subdued by thee alone, Is not thy Reason all these powers in one ? Above, how high progressive life may go! Around, how...Vast chain of being! which from God began; Natures etherial, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach ; from... | |
| Sir Richard Phillips - 1822 - 658 pages
...place to place, called the faculty of loco-motion. See, thro' this air, this ocean, and this earth, All matter quick, and bursting into birth. Above,...! Around, how wide ! how deep, extend below ! Vast cham of being ! which from Gon began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man. Beast, bird, fish, insect,... | |
| 1840 - 1122 pages
...of human intelligence.^ It •f And, again, with Pope, — " Vast chain of being ! which from Gcil began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast,...fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach j from Infinite to Thee, From Thee to nothing. On superior powers Were we to press, inferior might... | |
| William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...Cause. POPE. CHAP. XIII. ON THE ORDER OF NATURE. SEE through this air, this ocean, and this earth, All matter quick, and bursting into birth. Above,...Infinite to thee, From thee to Nothing. — On superior pow'rs Were we to press, inferior might on ours ; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where one step... | |
| William Scott - 1823 - 396 pages
...— 'twas white. II. — On the Order of Nature. SEE, through this air, this ocean, and this earth, , All matter quick, and bursting into birth. Above,...below ! Vast chain of being ! which from God began : Nature's ethereal, human ; angel, man ; Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass... | |
| John Lauris Blake - 1824 - 396 pages
...progressive Bft-iiiay go ! round, how wide ! how deep extend below ! * Vast chain of being ! whidrfrom God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast,...infinite to thee, From thee to nothing ! on superior pow'rs Were we to press, inferior might on ours ; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one... | |
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