 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,...  An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ... - Page 70by Joseph Warton - 1806Full view - About this book
 | John Archer - Architecture - 2005 - 512 pages
...the Chain: See, thro' this air, this ocean, and this earth, All Matter quick, and bursting into birth Above, how high progressive life may go? Around how...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:... | |
 | Mark Sagoff - Philosophy - 2007
...passage in Alexander Pope's Essay on Man: Vast chain of being! which from God began, Natures aethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see . . . Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroy'd; From Nature's chain whatever link you strike,... | |
| |
