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 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, rendered into Engl. verse [by E. Fitzgerald. 2nd ... - Página 29por Omar Khayyam - 1868Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 páginas
...endure not yet A breach, but an expanson, Like gold to airy 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' othsr do. And And though it in the centre sit, Yet when the other far doth roarr. It leans,... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 716 páginas
...not yet A breach, but an expanson. Like gold to airy thinneu beat. If they be two, they are two so f As stiff twin-compasses are two, Thy soul the fixt foot, makes no showTo more, but doth, if i\i other do. And \ And though it in the centre sit, Yet when the other far... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 1806 - 294 páginas
...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 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,... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 páginas
...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 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,... | |
| Izaak Walton - 1824 - 418 páginas
...endure not yet A breach, but 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 fixt foot, makes no show To move, but does if th'other do. And though thine in the center sit, Yet, when my other far does roam, Thine leans and... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 580 páginas
...expansion, Like gold to airy 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 do. And, though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 468 páginas
...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 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,... | |
| Christian classics, James Hamilton - 1859 - 786 páginas
...to France : — " If we be two, we are two so As stiff twin-compasses are two : Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but does if the other do. " And though thine in the centre sit, Yet when my other far does roam, Thine leans and hearkens after it, And grows ereet as mine comes home.... | |
| Caroline Snowden Guild - 1860 - 366 páginas
...expanfion, Like gold to airy thinnefs beat. If they be two, they are two so As ftirF twin compaffes are two ; Thy 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... | |
| Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - 346 páginas
...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 the other far doth rome, It leans and... | |
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