 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 - 1835 - 476 pages
...whether 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...two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; k Thy soul, the fiVd foot, makes no show To move, but doth if th' other do. And though it in the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pages
...whether absurdity or ingenuity has better claim: Our two souls, therefore, which are one, Though I must tells us much ftx'd foot, makes DO show To move, but doth if th' other do. And though it in the centre ait, Yet,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1838 - 716 pages
...whether absurdity or ingenuity has better claim: Our two soula, therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they he two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no ehow To... | |
 | John Donne, Henry Alford - 1839 - 604 pages
...therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to aery thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two, Thy soul the fixed foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if the other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet... | |
 | John Donne, Henry Alford - 1839 - 582 pages
...therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breacb, but an expansion, Like gold to aery thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two, Thy soul the fixed foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if the other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet... | |
 | Christopher Wordsworth (DD.) - 1839 - 686 pages
...mind, Care not, hands, eyes, or lips to miss. Our two souls ' therefore which are one. Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold, to airy thinness beat. If we be two, we are two so As stiff twin-compasses are two : Thy soul, the fixed foot, makes no show... | |
 | John Donne - 1839 - 598 pages
...mind, Care less, 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 gold to aery thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two, Thy soul the fixed... | |
 | John Donne - 1839 - 588 pages
...mind, Care less, 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 gold to aery thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two, Thy soul the fixed... | |
 | John Donne - 1840 - 356 pages
...mind, Care uot hands, eyes, or lips to miss. Our two souls therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If we be two, we are two so As stiff twin-compasses are two : Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 742 pages
...better claim: Our two souN, therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, hut rds and expressions, we must consider, tliat he had uncommon sentiments, and во As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fix'd Гот, makes no show To move, but dnih... | |
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