 | Mrs. Lincoln Phelps - 1853 - 506 pages
...connected. But, " Lives the man whose universal ere Has swept at once the unbounded scheme of things ? Has any seen The mighty chain of beings, lessening...perfection, to the brink Of dreary nothing, desolate abyss i'1 332. This idea of a regular chain of beings, presenting itseli with such grandeur and simplicity,... | |
 | 1853 - 1004 pages
...of which it is a component and necessary part. No man stands alone — nor high angel nor child. All beings, "lessening down from infinite perfection to the brink of dreary nothing," belong to a system of mutual dependencies. All and each constitute and enjoy a part of the world's... | |
 | James Thomson - 1854 - 404 pages
...the whole ! And lives the man, whose universal eye Has swept at once th' unbounded scheme of things ; Mark'd their dependence so, and firm accord, As with...down From Infinite Perfection- to the brink Of dreary nothing—desolate abyss! From which astonish'd thought, recoiling, turns ? Till then alone let zealous... | |
 | James Thomson - 1854 - 312 pages
...the whole. And lives the Man, whose universal eye Has swept at once the unbounded scheme of things ; Mark'd their dependence so, and firm accord, As with...lessening down From INFINITE PERFECTION to the brink 335 Of dreary Nothing, desolate abyss ! From which astonished Thought, recoiling, turns ? Till then... | |
 | Jabez Hogg - 1854 - 516 pages
...Mark'd their dependence so, and firm accord. As with unfaltering accent to conclude That this availcth nought ? Has any seen The mighty chain of beings,...perfection to the brink Of dreary nothing, desolate abyss ! From which nstonish'd thought recoiling, turns ? Till then, alone let zealous praise ascend, And... | |
 | 1854 - 470 pages
...their dependence so, ant! firm accord As with unfaltering accent to conclude That this availeth naught! Has any seen The mighty chain of beings lessening...perfection to the brink Of dreary nothing, desolate abyss ! From which astonished thought, recoiling turns '/ 'Til then, let zealous pniise ascend And hyrnns... | |
 | Elihu Burritt - 1854 - 400 pages
...necessary part. Just so it is in the moral world. No man stands alone, nor high angel, nor child. All the beings " lessening down from. Infinite Perfection to the brink of dreary nothing," belong to a system of mutual dependencies. All and each constitute and enjoy a part of the world's... | |
 | Edward Hungerford Goddard - 1855 - 450 pages
...th' unbounded scheme of things ; Mark'd their dependance so, and firm accord, As with unfaultering accent to conclude That this availeth nought ? Has...Perfection to the brink Of dreary nothing, desolate abyss ! From which astonished thought, recoiling, turns ? Till then alone let zealous praise ascend And hymns... | |
 | Jabez Hogg - 1856 - 530 pages
...them all. " And lives the man, whose universal eye Has swept at once th" unbounded scheme of things ; Mark'd their dependence so, and firm accord, As with...perfection to the brink Of dreary nothing, desolate abyss ! From which astonish'd thought, recoiling, turns ? Till then, alone let zealous praise ascend, And... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 574 pages
...dependence so, and firm accord, As with unfaltering accent to conclude That this availcth naught ? Has any seen The mighty chain of beings, lessening...Perfection to the brink Of dreary nothing, desolate abyss ! From which astonished thought, recoiling, turns? Till then alone let zealous praise ascend, And hymns... | |
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Has any seen The mighty chain of beings, lessening down From Infinite Perfection to the brink Of dreary nothing, desolate abyss ! From which astonish'd thought, recoiling, turns ? Till then alone let zealous praise ascend, And hymns of holy wonder, to... 
