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
| John Bell - 1799 - 402 pages
...Careless eyes, lips, and hands, to miss, so Our two souls therefore, which are one, Tho' I must go, mdure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy...thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stilr'twin compasses are two; Thy soul, the fix'dfoot, makes no show To move, but doth if th' other... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 1806 - 294 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 - 1806 - 336 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 gold to airy thinness beat. , , IE they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 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 - 1810 - 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...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,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...whether absurdity or ingenuity has better claim : Our two souls, therefore, which are on«, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, » Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they bo two, they are two so As stifftwin compasses are two; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To... | |
| 1810 - 594 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. * Our two souls.] " To the following comparison of a man that travels, and his wife that stays at home,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 728 pages
...souls therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, - t» -r Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so A- stiff twin compasses are two, ; ry »oul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To more, but doth, if th'... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 746 pages
...two souls therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Uke gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so A, stiff. twin compasses are two, Thy «o«l, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th'... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pages
...whether absurdity or ingenuity has better claim : Our two souls, therefore, which arc one, Though I must go,. endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like...the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth if tV other do. Aral though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other for dntli roam, It leans anrt hearkens... | |
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