lamb

I have thus played the sedulous ape to Hazlitt, to Lamb, to Wordsworth, to SirThomas Browne, to Defoe, to Hawthorne, to Montaigne, to Baudelaire and to Obermann.

—Stevenson, Robert Louis

The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith,Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

—Bible (NewTestament)

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we likesheep havegoneastray; wehaveturned everyoneto his own way; and the L hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

—Bible (Old Testament)

When the stars threw down their spears, And watered heaven with their tears, Did he smile his work to see? Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

—Blake,William

I know an Englishman Being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.

—Chapman, George

My son,God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering.

—Bible (Old Testament)

And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's mountains green? And was the holy Lamb of God On England's pleasant pastures seen?

—Blake,William

See amid the winter's snow, Born for us on earth below, See, the Lamb of God appears, Promised from eternal years! Hail thou ever-blesse'  d morn! Hail, redemption's happy dawn! Sing through all Jerusalem: Christ is born in Bethlehem!

—Caswall, Edward

Just as I am, without one plea But that Thy blood was shed for me, And that Thou bid'st me come toThee, O Lamb of God, I come!

—Elliott, Charlotte

Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year.

—Bible (Old Testament)

Oh! for a closer walk with God, A calm and heav'nly frame; A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb!

—Cowper,William

Little lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee? Gave thee life and bid thee feed By the stream and o'er the mead; Gave thee clothing of delight, Softest clothing, woolly, bright; Gave thee such a tender voice, Making all the vales rejoice? Little lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee?

—Blake,William

   God tempers the wind, said Maria, to the shorn lamb.

—Sterne, Laurence

Mary had a little lamb, Its fleece was white as snow, And everywhere that Mary went The lamb was sure to go.

—Hale, SarahJosepha ne¤  e Buell

   But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb

—Bible (Old Testament)

Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said to me, 'Pipe a song about a lamb!' So I piped with merry cheer. 'Piper, pipe that song again!' So I piped. He wept to hear.

—Blake,William

Booth led boldly with his big brass drumö (Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?) The saints smiled gravelyand they said 'He's come.'

—Lindsay, (Nicholas) Vachel

Drabs from the alleyways and drug fiends paleö Minds still passion-ridden, soul-power frail:ö Vermin-eaten saints with moldy breath, Unwashed legions with the ways of Deathö (Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?)

—Lindsay, (Nicholas) Vachel

The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw likethe ox. And thesucking child shall playonthehole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice'den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the L, as the waters cover the sea.

—Bible (Old Testament)

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the L.

—Bible (Old Testament)

Till the wolf and the lamb be united.

—Aristophanes