 If 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 in the centre sit, Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans, and hearkens after it, And grows...  English Literature During the Lifetime of Shakespeare - Page 364by Felix Emmanuel Schelling - 1910 - 486 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Izaak Walton, Thomas Zouch - 1817 - 822 pages
...That our souls know not what it is, Intta -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, bat an expansion. Like gold to airy thuuiesi beat. If we be two, we are two so «*• As stiff twin-compasses... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 pages
...home, with a pair of compasses, it may be doubted whether absurdity or Ingenuity has better claim : Our two souls, therefore, which are one, Though I...compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no sho* To move, but doth if th' other do, And though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other far doth... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 476 pages
...home, with a pair of compasses, it may be doubted whether absurdity or ingenuity has the better claim : Our two souls, therefore, which are one, Though I...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... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1823 - 402 pages
...Careless eyes, lips, and hands to miss. Our two souls, therefore (which are one) Though I must go, indure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy...makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And tho' it in the centre sit, Yet when the other far doth roam, It leans, and hearkens after it, And grows... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 470 pages
...home, with a pair of compasses, it may be doubted whether absurdity or ingenuity has better claim : Our two souls, therefore, which are one, Though I...so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the 6x'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth if th ' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 466 pages
...home, with a pair of compasses, it may be doubted whether absurdity or ingenuity has better claim : Our two souls, therefore, which are one. Though I...to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two s» • As stiff twin compasses are two , Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 306 pages
...absurdity or ingenuity has better claim: Our two souls, therefore, which are one, Though I must go, eudure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy...; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, bat doth if the' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other far doth roam, . It... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 348 pages
...absurdity or ingenuity has better claim : Our two souls, therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endare not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy...so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the Six'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth if the' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 652 pages
...home, with a pair of compasses, it may be doubted whether absurdity or ingenuity has better claim : Our two souls, therefore, which are one, Though I...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... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1823 - 398 pages
...Careless eyes, lips, and hands to miss. Our two souls, therefore (which are one) Though I must go, indure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy...makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And tho' it in the centre sit, Yet when the other far doth roam, It leans, and hearkens after it, And grows... | |
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