 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 British Poets: Including Translations ... - Page 38by British poets - 1822Full view - About this book
 | Izaak Walton - 1824 - 418 pages
...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 fixt foot, makes no show... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 pages
...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...; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth if th' other do. And though it in the centre ait, Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pages
...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...; Thy soul, 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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 430 pages
...I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thuiness beat. If they lte 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 sit, Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...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 gold to airy...so As stiff twin compasses are two; Thy soul, the fixed foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet... | |
 | 1832 - 336 pages
...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... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1832 - 348 pages
...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 722 pages
...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 beau If they be two, they are two во Ae stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fix'd foot,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1835 - 476 pages
...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...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
...absurdity or ingenuity has better claim: Our two souls, therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure uch ftx'd foot, makes DO show To move, but doth if th' other do. And though it in the centre ait, Yet,... | |
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