Chapter LIKENESS to LION of Index by Grocott's Quotations - Alpha

LIKENESS to LION

LIKENESS.—Long shall we seek his likeness—long in vain,
And turn to all of him which may remain,
Sighing that Nature form’d but one such man,
And broke the die—in moulding Sheridan.

Byron.—Monody on Sheridan, last Lines.

LILY.—Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, that even Soloman in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

St. Matthew.—Chap VI. Verses 28, 29.

Observe the rising lily’s snowy grace,
Observe the various vegetable race:
They neither toil, nor spin, but careless grow,
Yet see how warm they blush! how bright they glow!
What regal vestments can with them compare!
What King so shining! or what Queen so fair!

Thomson.—Paraphrase on St. Matthew.

And every rose and lily, there did stand
Better attir’d by nature’s hand.

Cowley.—The Garden.

Yet neither spins, ne cards, nor frets,
But to her mother nature all her care she lets.

Spenser.—Fairy Queen, Book II. Canto 1.

LILY.— Like the lily,
That once was mistress of the field and flourish’d,
I’ll hang my head and perish.

Shakespeare.—King Henry VIII. Act III. Scene 1. (Queen Katherine to Wolsey.)

LINE.—The line too labours, and the words move slow.

Pope.—On Criticism, Line 370.

LINGERING.—Lingering and sitting by a new made grave,
As loth to leave the body that it lov’d.

Milton.—Comus.

Lingering with a fond delay.

Collins.—Ode on the Superstitions of Scotland, Line 2.

Still linger, in our northern clime,
Some remnants of the good old time;
And still, within our valleys here,
We hold the kindred title dear.

Scott.—Marmion, Canto VI. Introd. Line 86.

LION.—Rouse the lion from his lair.

Scott.—The Talisman, Chap. VI.

Hear the lion roar.

Shakespeare.—King John, Act II. Scene 1. (The Bastard to Austria.)

Dost thou hear the Nemean lion roar.

Shakespeare.—Love’s Labour’s Lost, Act IV. Scene 1. (Boyet to the Princess.)

A living dog is better than a dead lion.