 | Epes Sargent - American literature - 1857 - 488 pages
...gradation lost ; And the next step is spirit, — Deity ! I can command the lightning, and am dost ! A monarch, and a slave ! a worm, a god ! Whence came I here, and how t so marvellously Constructed and conceived ! Unknown ' — This clod Lives surely through some higher... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...gradation lost, And the next step is Spirit — Deity ! I can command the lightning, and am dust ! A monarch — and a slave ; a worm, — a god ! Whence came I here, and how so marvellously Created and sustain'd ? Doubtless this clod Lives ever through some higher energy ; For from itself... | |
 | English poetry - 1859 - 374 pages
...last gradation lost; And the next step is spirit — Deity! I can command the lightning, and am dust! A monarch, and a slave; a worm, a god! Whence came...Thy word Created me ! Thou source of life and good I Thou spirit of my spirit, and my Lord! Thy light, Thy love, in their bright plenitude Fill'd me with... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1859 - 450 pages
...gradation lost ; And the next step is spirit, — Deity ! I can command the lightning, and am dust ! A monarch, and a slave ! a worm, a god ! Whence came...higher energy ! For from itself alone it could not be ! 10. Creator, yes ! thy wisdom and thy word Created me ! thou Source of life and good ! Thou Spirit... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 362 pages
...gradation lost, And the next step is Spirit — Deity ! I can command the lightning, and am dust ! A monarch and a slave ; a worm, a god ; Whence came...This clod Lives surely through some higher energy ; From out itself alone it could not be. Creator ! yes : Thy wisdom and Thy word Created me. Thou source... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 120 pages
...gradation lost, And the next step is Spirit — Deity ! I can command the lightning, and am dust ! A monarch and a slave ; a worm, a god ; Whence came...This clod Lives surely through some higher energy ; From out itself alone it could not be. Creator ! yes : Thy wisdom and Thy word Created me. Thou source... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1861 - 128 pages
...gradation lost, And the next step is Spirit — Deity 1 I can command the lightning, and am dust ! A monarch and a slave ; a worm, a god : Whence came...This clod Lives surely through some higher energy ; From out itself alone it could not be. Creator? yes ; Thy wisdom and Thy word Created me. Thou source... | |
 | Lays - 1862 - 406 pages
...gradation lost, And the next step in Spirit — Deity ! I can command the lightning, and am dust ! A monarch and a slave : a worm, a God ; Whence came...This clod Lives surely through some higher energy ; From out itself alone it could no,t be. Creator ! Yes ! Thy Wisdom and Thy Word Created me, Thou... | |
 | Almanacs - 106 pages
...gradation lost, And the next step is Spirit — Deity 1 I can command the lightning, and am dust ! A monarch, and a slave ; a worm, a god ! Whence came I here, and how ? so marvellous 1 Constructed and conceived ? unknown this clod — Lives surely through some higher energy... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 530 pages
...gradation lost, And the next step is spirit — Deity ! I can command the lightning, and am dust I A monarch, and a slave ; a worm, a god ! Whence came...higher energy ; For from itself alone it could not be ! 10 Creator, yes ! thy wisdom and thy word Created me ! thou source of life and good ! Thou spirit... | |
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The chain of being is complete in me ; In me is matter's last gradation lost, And the next step is spirit, — Deity ! I can command the lightning and am dust ! A monarch and a slave... 
