 Around, how wide ! how deep extend below ! Vast chain of being ! which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach ; from infinite to thee, From thee to nothing.  Murray's English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the ... - Page 286by Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1822 - 304 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Jamieson - Natural history - 1821 - 448 pages
...Vast chain of being! which from GOD began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from Infinite to thee, From thee to nothing. POPE. These classes are thns arranged for conciseness, SECTION II. THE CLASS MAMMALIA. 153. The class... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1821 - 86 pages
...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 can reach ; from infinite to thee, . 240 From thee to nothing — On superior pow'rs Were we to press, inferior might on ours : Or in... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 pages
...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 Infinite to thee; From thee to nothing.—On superior powers Were we to press, inferior might on ours ; Or in the full creation leave... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1822 - 312 pages
...Vast chain of being ! which from God began, Nature ethereal, human; angel, man ; Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye- can see, No 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... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...eye can see, No glass can reach ; from Infinite to thee ; From thee to nothing.—On superior powers Were we to press, inferior might on ours ; Or in the full creation leave a void, [stroy'd: Where, one step broken, the great scale 's deFrom Nature's chain whatever link you strike,... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - English literature - 1822 - 234 pages
...Infinite to thee, From thee to nothing. On superior powers. Were we to press, inferior might on our's : Or in the full creation leave a void, . Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroy 'd. From nature's chain, whatever link you strike, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 370 pages
...Vast chain of Being ! which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach ; from infinite to thee, 240 VARIATIONS. Ver. 238. Ed. 1st. Ethereal essence, spirit, substance, man. NOTES. place, element,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 372 pages
...Vast chain ofBeing ! which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach ; from infinite to thee, 240 VARIATIONS. Ver. 238. Ed. 1st. Ethereal essence, spirit, substance, man. NOTES. place, element,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 368 pages
...chain of Being ! which from God began, 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. Ed. 1st. Ethereal essence, spirit, substance, man. NOTES. place, element,... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...Vast chain of Being ! which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach ;...leave a void, Where one step broken the great scale's destroy 'd : From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth or ten thousandth, breaks the chain... | |
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