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 Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical ... - Page 30edited by - 1795Full view - About this book
| English poetry - 1911 - 784 pages
...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. And though it in the centre sit, Yet when the other far doth roam, It leans and harkens after it, And grows erect, as that... | |
| John Donne - English poetry - 1912 - 516 pages
...Care lefie, l6jJ-J^,l66^: Carelefie, i6j()-J4 lips, and hands 1669 and all MSS. : lips, hands i6jj And though it in the center fit, Yet when the other far doth rome, 30 It leanes, and hearkens after it, And growes erect, as that comes home. Such wilt thou be... | |
| Philology, Modern - 1912 - 812 pages
...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. And though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans, and hearkens after, it, And grows erect, as... | |
| William Lyon Phelps - Literature - 1914 - 344 pages
...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. And though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans, and hearkens after it, And grows erect, as... | |
| American fiction - 1914 - 546 pages
...souls] be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fixed 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 and hearkens after it, And grows erect, as... | |
| Henry Spackman Pancoast - English literature - 1915 - 852 pages
...be two, they are two so 20 As stiff twin compasses are two; Thy soul, the fixt 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, 30 It leans and harkens after it, And grows erect, as... | |
| Julian Willis Abernethy - English literature - 1916 - 604 pages
...they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two; Thy soul, the fix't 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 harkens after it, And grows erect as that comes... | |
| Edward Albert - English literature - 1923 - 648 pages
...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. And though it in the centre sit, Yet when the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, Such wilt thou be to... | |
| Henry W. Wells - English language - 1924 - 256 pages
...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. And though it in the center sit, Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans, and barkens after it, And grows erect as that comes... | |
| Thomas Earle Welby - English poetry - 1925 - 254 pages
...they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fixed 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, and hearkens after it, And grows ereft as... | |
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