 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
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 pages
...Around, how wide ! how deep extend below ! Vast chain of being! which from God began ; Natures etherial, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what...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... | |
 | Classical poetry - 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...below ! 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... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Literature - 1822 - 322 pages
...Nature. I. SEE, thro' this air, this ocean, and this earth, All matter quick, and bursting into birth. Above, how high progressive life may go ! Around,...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;... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - English literature - 1822 - 234 pages
...Pope. SEE through this air, this ocean, and this earth, All matter quick, and bursting into birth ; Above, how high, progressive life may go ! Around,...extend below ! Vast chain of being which from God began ; Natures etherial, angel, human, man ; Beast, bird, fish, insect ; what no eye can see, No glass can... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 372 pages
...235 Around, how wide, how deep extend below ! x/ Vast chain ofBeing ! which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect,...can see, No glass can reach ; from infinite to thee, 240 VARIATIONS. Ver. 238. Ed. 1st. Ethereal essence, spirit, substance, man. NOTES. place, element,... | |
 | Arminianism - 1840 - 1122 pages
...intelligence.^ It •f And, again, with Pope, — " Vast chain of being ! which from Gcil began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, 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... | |
 | 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 of Being ! which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, inseot, what no eye can see, No glass can reach... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1822 - 658 pages
...loco-motion. 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 wide ! how deep, extend below ! Vast cham of being ! which from Gon began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man. Beast, bird, fish, insect,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 370 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 of Being ! which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach... | |
 | Noah Webster - English language - 1822 - 246 pages
...this knowledge, most people read all verse like the Iambic measure. The following are pure Iambics. " Above how high progressive life may go! Around how wide, how deep extend below !" It is so easy to lay an accent on every second syllable, that any school boy can read this measure... | |
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