 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 fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. - Pàgina 38per Samuel Johnson - 1811Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Katherine Thomson - 1862 - 328 pàgines
...only reason, but fancy behind them.' DONNE'S VERSES TO HIS WIFE : ' Our two souls therefore which are one, Though I must go endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness bent. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the flxt foot, makes... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - 346 pàgines
...are one, Though I must go endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness bent. 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 t'other do : And though it in the centre fit. Yet when... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pàgines
...Inter-assured of the mind, Careless eyes, lips, and hands to miss. Our two souls, therefore, (which are one,) Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but...airy thinness beat If they be two, they are two so As stitf twin compasses are two; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1864 - 460 pàgines
...that stays at home, with a pair of compasses, it may he doubted whether absurdity or ingenuity has the better claim : — " Our two souls therefore, which...thinness beat. " If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin-compasses are two, Thy soul the flxt foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. *'... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 pàgines
...Inter-assured of the mind, Careless eyes, lips, and hands to miss. Our two souls, therefore, (which are one,) Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but...airy thinness beat If they be two, they are two so As stirTtwin compasses are two; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1865 - 404 pàgines
...fnter-assured of the mind, Care not hands, eyes, or lips to miss. Our two souls therefore, which are one, — Though I must go, — endure not yet A breach,...an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If we be two ? we are two so As stiff twin-compasses are two : Thy soul, the Ji-x'd foot, makes no show... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1865 - 182 pàgines
...expansion, Like gold to airy thinness heat. If we he two, we are two, so — As stiff twin-compasses are two : Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, hut does if th' other do. And thongh thine in the centre sit, Yet, when my other far does roam, Thine... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1872 - 786 pàgines
...Inter-assured of the mind, л Careless eyes, lips, and hands to miss. Our two souls, therefore, (which are one,) Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but...soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, il" th' other do. And though ¡i in the centre sit, Tet when the other far doth roam. It leans, and... | |
 | Samuel Woolcock Christophers - 1873 - 310 pàgines
...68 CHAPTER VI. DR. DONNE S FAMILY APARTMENT IN LONDON. ''- Our two souls, therefore, which are one, 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 ; And though it in the centre sit, Yet,... | |
 | Ann Taylor - 1874 - 370 pàgines
...Donne, addressed to his wife ; having nothing better to add, I transcribe them, — " If we be two, we 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. It leans and hearkens after it, And... | |
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