 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 Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - Page 35by Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1854 - 472 pages
...be two, they are two so As stiff' twin-compas-sos are two ; Thy soul the fixt foot, makes no showTo move, but doth, if th' other do. And -though it in...leans, and hearkens after it, And grows erect, as that conies home. Such wilt tliou be to me, who must Like th' other foot obliquely run. Thy firmness makes... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1854 - 796 pages
...thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As still" twin compasses are two; Thy soul, the lix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though ii in the centre sit. Yet when the other far doth roam, It leans, and hearkens after it, And grows... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 610 pages
...thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin eompasses are two; The soul, the fixt foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the eentre sit, Yet when the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows ereet, as that... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...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...show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though i< in the centre sit. Yet when the other iar doth roam, It lean?, and hoarkens after it, And grows... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show And though it in the centre Bit, Yet when the other far doth romn, It leans, and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou he to me, who must Like th' other foot, obliquely run ; Thy iirmness makes my circles just, And makes... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1858 - 780 pages
...not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they bo two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fix'd...makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. l Read— Johnaon'a "Lite of Cowley;" alao, an article in the " Betroapectlve Review," vlll. si, which... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1858 - 418 pages
...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. • _"S ;-•.., And thoush It in the centre sit. Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens... | |
 | T P Grinsted - Great Britain - 1859 - 342 pages
...Referring in these verses to his own and his wife's soul, he says : — " If they be two, they are too so As stiff twin compasses are two. Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth if the other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans, and hearkens... | |
 | Christian classics, James Hamilton - Christian literature, English - 1859 - 786 pages
...wife, ou the eve of his iourney to France : — " 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, Yet when my other far does roam, Thine... | |
 | James Hamilton - Christian literature - 1859 - 440 pages
...wife, on the eve of his journey to France : — " 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, Tet when my other far does roam, Thine... | |
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