 To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans, and hearkens after it, And grows erect, as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must, Like th' other foot, obliquely run; Thy firmness...  The Lives of the English Poets: cowley. Denham. Milton. Butler. Rochester ... - Page 25by Samuel Johnson - 1858Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1840 - 522 pages
...whether absurdity or ingenuity has better claim : Our two souls, therefore, which are one, Though I ti-r go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinner* heat. If (hey be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fix'd... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1842 - 716 pages
...whether absurdity or ingenuity has better claim : Our Iwo soul?, therefore, which are oae. Though I must ed any accommodation, he was not willing to ask for it in plain ihinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fix'd... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 718 pages
...whether absurdity or ingenuity has better claim; Our iwo soul?, therefore, which nrc one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like...beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasees are two ; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, hul doth if th' other do. And... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...mind, Careless eyes, lips, and hands to miss. Our two souls, therefore (which are oue) Though I must s may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must gire as paus boat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fix'd loot, makes... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...mind, Careless eyes, lips, and hands to miss. Our two soul«, therefore (which are one) Though I must to put on a band and adjust his periwig: he would...person of quality, or not at all, and died the no Btiff* twin compasees are two ; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...two яои!я, therefore (which are one) Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expaniuon, her merry wheel, she sings A» stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if ih'... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 708 pages
...breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiif twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. i That to, аЬкпое. FROM 1558 JOHN DOITOL And though it in the centre sit, Yet when the other... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1850 - 710 pages
...mind, Careless eyes, lips, and hands to miss. Our two souls, therefore (which are one} Though I must . But w@ # I That if, abucnc*. Ала though it in the centre nit, Yet when the other far doth roam, It leans,... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1852 - 174 pages
...expansion, Like gold to airy thinness heat. If we he two, we are two, so— As stiff twin-compasses are two: Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, hut does if th' other do. And though thine in the centre sit, Yet, when my other far does roam, Thine... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 580 pages
...Valediction forbidding Mourning. Our two souls, therefore, which are one, Though I must go, indure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy...so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fixt foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And, though it in the centre sit, Yet,... | |
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