 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...  Lives of the English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works ; And ... - Page 12by Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 502 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 498 pages
...foul the fixt foot, makes no fhow To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the centre fit, Yet when the other far doth roam, It leans, and hearkens...erecT:, as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who muft Like th' other foot, obliquely run. Thy firmnefs makes my circle juft, And makes me end, where... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1806 - 294 pages
...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...comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must .Like th' other foot obliquely run. Thy firmness makes my circle just, • " And makes me end>here I begun.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 336 pages
...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...the fix'd 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... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 pages
...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...comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th' other foot obliquely nin. Thy firmness makes my circle just, And makes me end where I begun. In... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...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...comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th' other foot obliquely run. Thy firmness makes my circle just, And makes me end where I begun. DOXNB.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 746 pages
...stiff. twin compasses are two, Thy «o«l, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet when...that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must, Ijke th' other foot, obliquely run, Thy firmness makes my circle just, And makes me end where I begun.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pages
...Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are...the fix'd 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pages
...As stiff twin compasses are two; Thy soul, tiie fix'd foot, makes no slmw To move, but doth if tli' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet, when...leans and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that coines home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th' other foot obliquely run. Thy firmness makes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pages
...Though I must go,. endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 486 pages
...Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are...the fix'd 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... | |
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