Vast chain of being, which from God began,
Natures ethereal, human, angel, man,
Beast, bird, fish, insect!
Vast chain of being, which from God began,
Natures ethereal, human, angel, man,
Beast, bird, fish, insect!
Men would be angels, angels would be gods.
Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; aspiring to be angels men rebel.
Ambition first sprung from your bless'd abodes; The glorious fault of angels and of gods.
Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell,
Aspiring to be angels, men rebel:
And who but wishes to invert the laws
Of order, sins against th' Eternal Cause.
Ambition first sprung from your blest abodes The glorious fault of Angels and of Gods.
Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes,
Men would be angels, angels would be gods.
Back through the paths of pleasing sense I ran,
Nor wish'd an Angel whom I lov'd a Man.
© 2020 Inspirational Stories
© 2020 Inspirational Stories