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" 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 they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fixed foot, makes no show To move, but... "
Rose-Belford's Canadian Monthly and National Review - Page 248
1882
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The literature of society, by Grace Wharton, Volume 1

Katherine Thomson - 1862 - 328 pages
...only reason, but 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...
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The Literature of Society, Volume 1

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...
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A Compendium of English Literautre: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...Inter-assured of the 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...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...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 pages
...Inter-assured of the 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...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...
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Walton's Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Richard Hooker, George ...

Izaak Walton - 1865 - 404 pages
...fnter-assured of the 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,...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...
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Homes of Old English Writers

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...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 pages
...Inter-assured of the mind, Careless eyes, lips, and hands to miss. Our two souls, therefore — which are 0 - ; Thy soul, the fixed foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the...
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The Poetical Works of Skelton and Donne: With a Memoir of Each ..

John Skelton - 1879 - 932 pages
...Inter-assured of the 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...they are two so As stiff' twin compasses are two; Thy soul, the fixt foot, makes no show To move, but doth if the other do. And though it in the centre...
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The English poets, selections, ed. by T.H. Ward. Chaucer to Donne

Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 628 pages
...Inter-assured of the 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...two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two, Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the centre...
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The English Poets: Selections

Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 626 pages
...Inter-assured of the 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...two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two, Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the centre...
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