 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
 | 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 sit, Yet,... | |
 | Ann Taylor - 1874 - 370 pages
...Donne, addressed to his wife ; having nothing better to add, I transcribe them, — " If we be two, we 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. It leans and hearkens after it, And... | |
 | 1875 - 592 pages
...As still 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...roam, It leans, and hearkens after it, And grows erect when that comes home. Whilst in Paris his fears were verified, and Izaak Walton, his friend, thus relates... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1875 - 510 pages
...more fanciful and ingenious. He says to a wife who remains at home while her husband is abroad : " Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show 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, Alas ! I have lost... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1875 - 510 pages
...soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show 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, Alas ! I have lost my heat, my blood, my prime, Winter is come a quarter ere his time. My health will... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 pages
...one — Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. fixed foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet... | |
 | 1877 - 366 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 ereft, as that comes home Such wilt thou be to me, who muft, Like the other foot, obliquely run : Thy... | |
 | 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... | |
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