 God loves from whole to parts: but human soul Must rise from individual to the whole. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake; The centre moved, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another...  The Quarterly Review - Page 299edited by - 1821Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 84 pages
...lake ; The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, 365 Another still, and still another spreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace, His country next, and next all human race ; Wide and more wide, the overflowings of the mind Take every creature in, of every kind ; 370 Earth... | |
 | Thom Scott - 1824 - 622 pages
...straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads ; 1 Rev. ill. 18. '1 Ret. 10. Friend, patent, neighbour, first it will embrace, His country next, and next all human race : Wide and more wide, th' o'erflowings of the mind Take every creature in, of every kind ; Earth smiles... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...of benevolenee : Happier as kinder, in whate'er degree, And height of bliss but height of eharity. ucer-0/1287.mrstatusworker ) Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaeeful lake ; The eentre... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 pages
...of benevolence : Happier as kinder, in whate'er degree, And height of bliss but height of charity. God loves from whole to parts : but human soul Must rise from individual to the whole. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake ; The centre... | |
 | John Ireland - 1825 - 478 pages
...peaceful lake. The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds; Another still, and still another spreads : Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace ; His country next; and next, all human race. itself in all the tender offices of relationship, affinity, and friendship. The care of our neighbourhood... | |
 | James Hervey - 1825 - 460 pages
...peaceful lake : The centre mov'd, a circle strait succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads. Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace, His country next, and next all human race : Wide and more wide the o'erflowings of the mind Take every Creature in of every kind. Self-love too... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pages
...peaceful lake ; The centre moved, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace ; His country next, and next all human race ; Wide and more wide, th' o'erflowings of the mind Take every creature in, of every kind ; 370 Earth... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 184 pages
...Then nearest these w lien others most remote And all ere long shall be remote but Ihese Benevolence. God loves from whole to parts but human soul .Must rise from individual to the whole Self love but serves the virtuous mind lo wake As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake . The centre... | |
 | John Minter Morgan - 1826 - 294 pages
...peaceful lake ; The centre moved, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace ; His country next, and next all human race :' " The expansive benevolence imbibed under our system regards every object, present or remote, that... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - 1826 - 582 pages
...lake; The centre moved, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads ; Child, Parent, neighbour, first it will embrace, His country next, and next all human race."-fIf, therefore, such enlarged philanthropy is ever to prevail, assuredly the precise point where... | |
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