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. On superior... The Poetical Works of Alex. Pope: With a Sketch of the Author's Life - Page 197by Alexander Pope - 1825 - 524 pagesFull view - About this book
| Jean-Henri-Samuel Formey - Philosophy, French - 1759 - 308 pages
...Glafs can reach ! from Infinite to Thee^ From Thee to nothing ! on fuperior Pow'rs Were we to prefs, inferior might on ours :. Or in the full Creation...a Void, Where, one Step broken, the great Scale's ftrike, Tenth, or ten-thoufandth,. breaks the Chain Thefe Millions of fuperior Spirits I reprefent... | |
| John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...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 the...destroy'd : From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, 243 Tenth, of ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike. And if each system in gradation roll Alike essential... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 pages
...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...each system in gradation roll, Alike essential to th' amazing whole, The least confusion but in one, not all That system only, but the whole must fall.... | |
| William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...can sse , No glass can reach ; from Infinite to thee , From theo to nothing. — On superior pow'rs Were We to press inferior might on ours; Or in the...chain alike. And, if each system in gradation roll A like essential to th' amazing "Whole , The least confusion but in one , not all That system only... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pages
...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 the...a void, Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroy 'd: . From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, 24i Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the... | |
| Jacques D. Du Perron - 1805 - 320 pages
...angel, Man! Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach, from infinite to thee ! From Nature's chain, whatever link you strike, Tenth,...each system in gradation roll, Alike essential to th' amazing whole, The least confusion but in one, not all That system only, but the whole must fall.... | |
| English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...eye can sec, 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...a void, Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroyed -. From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...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...Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth, or ten-thousaudth, breaks the chain alike. And if each system in gradation roll, Alike essential to the'... | |
| Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1807 - 316 pages
...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 the full creation leave a void, Where, one step hroken, the great scale's destroy'd. From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, 245 Tenth, or ten... | |
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