 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  Essays on Books - Page 196by William Lyon Phelps - 1914 - 319 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 498 pages
...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 home. Such wilt thou be to me, who muft Like th' other foot, obliquely run. Thy firmnefs makes my circle... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1783 - 478 pages
...doth, if th' other do. And though it in the centre fit, Yet .when the other far doth roam, .'. •lt leans, and. hearkens after it, And grows erect, as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who muft Like th' other foot, obliquely run. Thy firmnefs makes my circle'... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1799 - 402 pages
...move, but doth if th' other do. And tho' it in the centre sit, Yet when the other far doth ream, jp 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 makes my circle... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...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?, who must Like th' other foot obliquely run. Thy firmness makes my circle just,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 336 pages
...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...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 makes my circle just,... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - English literature - 1806 - 294 pages
...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...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 makes my circle... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 pages
...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...hearkens after it, And grows erect, as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th' other foot obliquely nin. Thy firmness makes my circle just,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pages
...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...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 makes my circle just,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 746 pages
...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...hearkens after it, And grows erect, as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must, Ijke th' other foot, obliquely run, Thy firmness makes my circle... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...so As stifftwin 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...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 makes my circle just,... | |
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