 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 fixed foot, makes no show To move, but...  A History of English Literature; a Practical Text-book - Page 184by Edward Albert - 1923 - 542 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 498 pages
...they be two, they are two fo As ftiff twin-compafles are two, Thy foul the fixt foot, makes no fhow To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the centre fit, Yet when the other far doth roam, It leans, and hearkens after it, And grows erecT:, as that comes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 498 pages
...they be two, they are two fo As ftifftwin-cempafles are two, Thy foul the fixt foot, makes no fhow To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the centre fit, Yet when the other far do.th roam, It leans, and hearkens after it, And grows ereft, as that comes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 pages
...they be two, they are two fo As ftiff twin-csmpafles are two, Thy foul the fixt foot, makes no fhow To move, but doth, if th' 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pages
...they be two, they are two fo, As fliff twin-compafies are tvyo ; Thy foul the fixt foot, makes no fhow To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the centre fif, Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans, and hearkens after it, And grows ereft as that comes... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 912 pages
...they be two, they arc two fo As ftiff twin compaffes are two; Thy foul, the fixt foot, makes no fhow To move, but doth if th,' other do. And though it in the center fit. Yet when the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows cred as that... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1799 - 402 pages
...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 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 must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expanson, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they^be two, they are two so . . .-,. As stiff twin-compasses... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 476 pages
...they be two, they are two fo As ftifftwin compafles are two; Thy foul, the fix'd foot, makes no fhow To move, but doth if th' other do. And though it in the centre fit, Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows ere& as that comes... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...twin-compasses are two, Thy soul the fixt foot, makes no showTo more, but doth, if i\i other do. And \ And though it in the centre sit, Yet when the other far doth roatr, It leans, and hearkens after it, And grows erect, as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to m?,... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - English literature - 1806 - 294 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 must...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.... | |
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