 To move, but doth if th' other do. And though it in the center 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 works of Samuel Johnson - Page 31by Samuel Johnson - 1818Full view - About this book
 | Charles Dickens - 1853 - 504 pages
...As stiff twin-compasses are two : My soul the fixed foot makes no show To move, but doth if t'other do. " And though it in the centre sit^ Yet when the...comes home. " Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like t'other foot obliquely run ; Thy firmness makes my circle just, And makes me end where I begun." In... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1853 - 716 pages
...To move, but doth, if th' other do. 1 That is, пЪлстос. FROM 1558 »FIS. JOII.V ООЯЯВ, And though it in the centre sit, Yet when the other...hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Sach wilt then be to me, who must Like th' other foot, obliquely run ; Thy firmness makes my circles... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two; The soul, the fixt foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it...sit, Yet when the other far doth roam, It leans and harkens after it, And grows erect, as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must, Like th'... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 472 pages
...be two, they are two so As stiff' twin-compas-sos are two ; Thy soul the fixt foot, makes no showTo move, but doth, if th' other do. And -though it in...leans, and hearkens after it, And grows erect, as that conies home. Such wilt tliou be to me, who must Like th' other foot obliquely run. Thy firmness makes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 346 pages
...they be 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...other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th' other foot obliquely run. Thy firmness makes my circle just,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 pages
...are two; Thy soul, the lix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though ii in the centre sit. Yet when the other far doth roam, It leans, and hearkens after it, And grows ereet as that comes home. Such wilt them be to me, who must Like th' other foot, obliquely run; Thy... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 610 pages
...soul, the fixt foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the eentre sit, Yet when the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows ereet, as that eomes homo. Sueh wilt thou be to me, who must, Like th' other foot, obliquely run :... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 pages
...they be two, they are two so As stiff twin eompasses are two; The son!, the fixt foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the eentre sit, Yet when the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows ereet, as that... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 pages
...other do. And though i< in the centre sit. Yet when the other iar doth roam, It lean?, and hoarkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like Ih' other toot, obliquely run ; Thy firmness makes my circles just, And makes me end where I begun.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 pages
...soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show And though it in the centre Bit, Yet when the other far doth romn, It leans, and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou he to me, who must Like th' other foot, obliquely run ; Thy iirmness makes my circles just, And makes... | |
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