 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
 | Ann Taylor - 1874 - 370 pages
...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 grows erect as that comes home. " So shalt thou be to me, who must Like th' other foot eccentric run, Thy firmness makes my circle... | |
 | Spiritualism - 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 - English drama - 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, William Gifford - English drama - 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... | |
 | Hymns - 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... | |
 | Hymns - 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
...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 the other fur doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows erect, as that comes home. Such wilt thou... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1124 pages
...so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fixt foot, makes no show To move, but doth if the conies home. Such wilt thou l)e to me, who must, bike the other foot, obliquely run. Thy firmness makes... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 610 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 th1 other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet when the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens... | |
 | 1882 - 686 pages
...gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so, As stiff twin compasses are two ; The soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth...centre sit ; Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leanз and barkens after it, And grows erect as that comes hon.e. Snch wilt thou \ie to me, who must... | |
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