 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 Complete Angler [and] the Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert and ... - Page 206by Izaak Walton - 1901 - 497 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Izaak Walton, Thomas Zouch - 1817 - 822 pages
...elemented it. But we by a soul so much refin'd. That our souls know not what it is, Intta -assured of the mind, Care not hands, eyes, or lips to miss....are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, bat an expansion. Like gold to airy thuuiesi beat. If we be two, we are two so «*• As stiff twin-compasses... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 pages
...home, with a pair of compasses, it may be doubted whether absurdity or Ingenuity has better claim : Our two souls, therefore, which are one, Though I...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 sho*... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 466 pages
...home, with a pair of compasses, it may be doubted whether absurdity or ingenuity has better claim : Our two souls, therefore, which are one. Though I...an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two s» • As stiff twin compasses are two , Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 476 pages
...home, with a pair of compasses, it may be doubted whether absurdity or ingenuity has the better claim : Our two souls, therefore, which are one, Though I...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... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - English literature - 1823 - 402 pages
...know not what it is ; * * ie — Absence. Inter-assured of the mind, Careless eyes, lips, and hands to miss. Our two souls, therefore (which are one) Though I must go, indure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 306 pages
...absurdity or ingenuity has better claim: Our two souls, therefore, which are one, Though I must go, eudure 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - Authors, English - 1823 - 652 pages
...home, with a pair of compasses, it may be doubted whether absurdity or ingenuity has better claim : Our two souls, therefore, which are one, Though I...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... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1823 - 398 pages
...know not what it is ; * * ie — Absence. Inter-assured of the mind, Careless eyes, lips, and hands to miss. Our two souls, therefore (which are one) Though I must go, indure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 pages
...with a pair of compasses, it s may be doubted whether absurdity or ingenuity has better • claim : Our two souls, therefore, which are one, Though I...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1826 - 430 pages
...home, with a pair of compasses, it may be doubted whether absurdity or ingenuity has better claim: Our two souls, therefore, which are one, Though I...yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thuiness beat. If they lte two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fix'd... | |
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