Were we to press, inferior might on ours; 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 alike. And, if each system in... The Works of Alexander Pope: Moral essays - Seite 15von Alexander Pope - 1757Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Hugh Miller - 1842 - 358 Seiten
...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, Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroyed : From Nature's chain whatever link you strike. Tenth, or... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1844 - 94 Seiten
...reach ; from infinite to thee ; 240 From thee to nothing. — On superior powers Were we to press, inferior might on ours ; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step broken, the great scale 's destroyed : From nature's chain, whatever link you strike, 245 Tenth,... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 Seiten
...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, Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroyed : From nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth, or... | |
| Bourne Hall Draper - 1845 - 510 Seiten
...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, Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroy'd ; From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth or ten... | |
| James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 Seiten
...reach — from infinite to thee — From thee to nothing — On superior powers W^ere we to press, inferior might on ours ; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroyed : From nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth or ten... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1847 - 524 Seiten
...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 broken, the great scale's destroy'd : From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, 245 Tenth,... | |
| English poetry - 1848 - 468 Seiten
...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, Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroy'd ; From nature's chain, whatever link you strike, Tenth or... | |
| Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 Seiten
...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, Where, one step broken, the great scale 's destroy'd : From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth, or... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1850 - 94 Seiten
...reach; from Infinite to thee, 24° From ihee to Nothing. — On superior pow'r's Were we to press , inferior might on ours : Or in the full creation leave a void, Where , one step broken , the great scale's deslroy'd : From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, 24 5 Tenth... | |
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