 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...  The Modern Language Review - Page 281912Full view - About this book
 | 1877 - 410 pages
...soul, the fixt foot, makes no show To move, but doth if the other do. And though it in the centre fit, Yet when the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows erecr., as that comes home Such wilt thou be to me, who muft, Like the other foot, obliquely run :... | |
 | John Skelton - 1879 - 932 pages
...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 fixt foot, makes no show To move, but doth if the other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet when... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 610 pages
...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...the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th1 other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet when the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pages
...so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fixt foot, makes no show To move, but doth if the conies home. Such wilt thou l)e to me, who must, bike the other foot, obliquely run. Thy firmness makes... | |
 | 1882 - 686 pages
...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 ; The soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth if th' other do. And, though it in the... | |
 | English lyrics - 1883 - 340 pages
...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 doth if the other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet when... | |
 | 1887 - 708 pages
...thinness beat. If they be two, they are two, BO As stiff twin-compasses are two. Thy soul, the fixed foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And i lui' it in the centre sit, Yet when the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1885 - 530 pages
...one— Though I must go, endure ' not yet A breach,2 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 doth, if th' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet... | |
 | Edna Andrews - 1990 - 204 pages
...conceit from his "Valediction: Forbidding Mourning." He compares his and his lover's souls to a compass: 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 doth, if the other do. And though it in the center sit, Yet... | |
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