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Title: Pictures from English literature
Year: 1870 (1870s)
Authors: Waller, John Francis, 1810-1894 Horsley, John Callcott, 1817-1903 Yeames, William Frederick, 1835-1918 Barnard, Frederick, 1846-1896 Barnes, Robert, 1840-1895 Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882 Du Maurier, George, 1834-1896 Faed, John, 1819-1902 Fildes, Luke, Sir, 1844-1927 Gilbert, John, Sir, 1817-1897 Green, Charles, 1840-1898 Lawson, Francis Wilfred, 1842-1935 Small, William, 1843-1929 Stone, Marcus, 1840-1921 Swain, Joseph, 1820-1909 Cobb, Thomas, fl.1863-1878 Wentworth, Frederick, fl. 1865-1894 Pannemaker, Stéphane, 1847-1930 Sulman, T., fl. 1855-1900 Dalziel Brothers Belle Sauvage Works (printer)
Subjects: English literature Authors, English Gift books
Publisher: London New York : Cassell, Petter and Galpin
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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all by the chisel of the statuaryas well as by the pen of the poet. Who has not heard of Una and herLion ? Who has not seen that undraped form of female loveliness, in themarble-cold purity of its statuesque dignity, with her lordly lion-guard ?Thus the poet tells the tale :— One day, nigh weary of the irksome way,From her unhasty beast she did alight ;And on the grass her dainty limbs did layIn secret shadow, far from all mens sight;From her fair head her fillet she undight,And laid her stole aside : her angels face,As the great eye of heaven, shined bright,And made a sunshine in the shady place ;Did never mortal eye behold such heavenly grace. Then from the thicket rushed forth a lion, hunting for food, and whenhe saw the royal virgin he ran with gaping mouth to devour her, but— Instead thereof he kist her weary feet,And lickt her lily hands with fawning tongue ;As he her wronged innocence did weet.O how can beauty master the most strong,And simple truth subdue avenging wrong !
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Una. 15 Then Unas heart melted with great sorrow, and she wept and said,The lion, lord of every beast in field, doth abate his princely power, andin his pride humbles himself to the weak, pitying my sad condition. 15ut he, my lion and my noble lord,I low does he find in cruel heart t hate Her, that him loved and ever most adoredAs the god of my life? why hath he me abhorred ? Then she arose and mounted her palfrey, and went again on her weary way. Byron sings— Tis said that a lion will turn and flee From a maid in the pride of her purity. But Spenser, with a finer instinct, makes his lion play a nobler part. Heis touched not by the awe that repels, but by the love that constrains ; and so> *ie would not leave her desolate, But with her went along, as a strong guard Of her chaste person, and a faithful mate Of her sad troubles and misfortunes hard : Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward ; And, when she waked he waited diligent, With humble service to her will p

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