 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
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...none can compass more than they intend. Pope. Our two souls, therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion; Like...two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two; The soul, the fixt foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the centre... | |
 | Edward Herbert (1st baron.) - 1853 - 534 pages
...an expansion. Like gold to airy thinness beat. If we be two? we oie two so AH stiff twin -compassée are two : Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but does if th' other do. And though thine in the centre bit, Yet, when my other fnr does roam. Thine leans... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 440 pages
...thinness beat. If they be two, they are two 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, when the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 346 pages
...absurdity or ingenuity has better claim : " Our two souls, therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like...foot, makes no show 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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 468 pages
...absurdity or ingenuity has the better claim : " Our two souls therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like...thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin-compasses are two ; Thy soul the fixt foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1854 - 472 pages
...absurdity or ingenuity has the better claim : " Our two souls therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like...thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff' twin-compas-sos are two ; Thy soul the fixt foot, makes no showTo move, but doth, if th' other do.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1854 - 796 pages
...mind, Careless eyes, lips, and hands to miss. Our two souls, therefore, (which are one,) Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like...thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As still" twin compasses are two; Thy soul, the lix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 612 pages
...Miehad Draytan. Our two soals, therefore, whieh are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breaeh, but an expansion ; Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin eompasses are two; The son!, the fixt foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 610 pages
...therefore, whieh are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breaeh, but an expansion; Like gold to asry thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin eompasses are two; The soul, the fixt foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...mind, Cureless eyes, lips, and hands to miss. Our two souls, therefore, (which are one,) Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like...makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though i< in the centre sit. Yet when the other iar doth roam, It lean?, and hoarkens after it,... | |
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