 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
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton - 1860 - 532 pages
...continued to the close of his heroic life. "Our two souls, therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to any thinness beat." Those lines of Dr. Donne's well express the perfect sympathy between the brother... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - 346 pages
...are one, Though I must go endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness bent. 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 t'other do : And though it in the centre fit. Yet when... | |
 | Katherine Thomson - 1862 - 328 pages
...fancy behind them.' DONNE'S VERSES TO HIS WIFE : ' Our two souls therefore which are one, Though I must go endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness bent. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the flxt foot, makes... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 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...airy thinness beat If they be two, they are two so As stitf twin compasses are two; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 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...airy thinness beat If they be two, they are two so As stirTtwin compasses are two; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1865 - 404 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 Ji-x'd foot, makes no show... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1865 - 182 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 thongh thine in the centre sit, Yet, when my other far does roam, Thine... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1872 - 786 pages
...л 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...soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, il" th' other do. And though ¡i in the centre sit, Tet when the other far doth roam. It leans, and... | |
 | Samuel Woolcock Christophers - 1873 - 310 pages
...68 CHAPTER VI. DR. DONNE S FAMILY APARTMENT IN LONDON. ''- Our two souls, therefore, which are one, 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,... | |
 | Ann Taylor - 1874 - 370 pages
...Donne, addressed to his wife ; having nothing better to add, I transcribe them, — " If we be two, we are two so As stiff twin compasses are two, Thy soul — the fixed foot — makes no show To move, but doth if th'other do. It leans and hearkens after it, And... | |
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