 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 John Donne, D.D., Dean of St. Paul's, 1621-1631: With a Memoir ... - Page 555by John Donne, Henry Alford - 1839Full view - About this book
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 452 pages
...therefore, which are 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... | |
 | Augustus Jessopp - 1897 - 274 pages
...— 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 fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but does, if the other do. "And though thine in the centre sit,... | |
 | Augustus Jessopp - 1897 - 268 pages
...— 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 fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but does, if the other do. "And though thine in the centre sit,... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 554 pages
...— which are 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...makes no show To move, but doth, if the other do. Such wilt thou be to me, who must, Like the other foot, obliquely run ; Thy firmness makes my circles... | |
 | Thomas Newbigging - 1898 - 254 pages
...again.' The verses addressed to his wife are a favourable example of Donne's style : ' 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. And though it in the centre sit, Yet when the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1899 - 550 pages
...— which are 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...makes no show To move, but doth, if the other do. Such wilt thou be to me, who must, Like the other foot, obliquely run ; Thy firmness makes my circles... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1899 - 626 pages
...therefore, which are 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 fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1901 - 1080 pages
...therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy enry Troth 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 - 1901 - 628 pages
...therefore, which are 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 fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet... | |
 | Stapleton Martin - 1903 - 326 pages
...therefore, which are 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 fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet,... | |
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