 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' other foot, obliquely run; Thy firmness...  The British Poets: Including Translations ... - Strona 38autor: British poets - 1822Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | John Bell - 1799 - Liczba stron: 402
...Careless eyes, lips, and hands, to miss, so Our two souls therefore, which are one, Tho' I must go, mdure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy...thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stilr'twin compasses are two; Thy soul, the fix'dfoot, makes no show To move, but doth if th' other... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1806 - Liczba stron: 294
...or ingenuity has the better claim : Our two souls 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 th' other do.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - Liczba stron: 336
...or ingenuity has better claim : 'Our two souls, therefore, which are one. Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. , , IE they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - Liczba stron: 476
...absurdity or ingenuity has better claim : Our two souls, therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy...; 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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - Liczba stron: 560
...or ingenuity has better claim : Our two souls, therefore, which are on«, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, » Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they bo two, they are two so As stifftwin compasses are two; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - Liczba stron: 728
...souls therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, - t» -r Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so A- stiff twin compasses are two, ; ry »oul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To more, but doth, if th'... | |
 | 1810 - Liczba stron: 594
...not, hands, eyes, or lips to miss. Our two souls * therefore which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold, to airy thinness beat. * Our two souls.] " To the following comparison of a man that travels, and his wife that stays at home,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - Liczba stron: 746
...two souls therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Uke gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so A, stiff. twin compasses are two, Thy «o«l, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th'... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - Liczba stron: 420
...or ingenuity has better claim : Our two souls, therefore, which arc one, Though I must go,. endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy...; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth if tV other do. Aral though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other for dntli roam, It leans... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - Liczba stron: 420
...Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy tUhmcss beat. COWLEY. 39 If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two; Thy soul, tiie fix'd foot, makes no slmw To move, but doth if tli' other do. And though it in the centre sit,... | |
| |
