lamb quotes

Till the wolf and the lamb be united.

-Aristophanes
On the impossibility of peace between sworn enemies. Pax, l.1076.

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

-Bible (Old Testament)
Genesis 22:8.

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

-Bible (Old Testament)
Exodus12:5.

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

-Bible (Old Testament)
Samuel12:3.

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)
ORDIsaiah11:6^9.

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)
ORDIsaiah 53:5^7.

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)
ORDIsaiah 65:25.

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)
St  John1:29.

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
  Songs of Innocence,'Introduction'.

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
  Songs of Innocence,'The Lamb'.

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
  Songs of Experience,'The Tyger'.

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
  Milton, preface. Stanza1.

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
  'See  Amid the Winter's Snow'.

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

-Chapman, George
Alphonsus, Emperor of Germany (published posthumously, 1654), act1.  Although this is credited to Chapman, his authorship is doubtful.

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
  Olney Hymns,'Walking with God'.

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
  Invalid's Hymn Book,'Just  As I  Am'.

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
  Poems for Our Children,'Mary's Little Lamb'.

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
  General Booth Enters Into Heaven,'General Booth Enters Into Heaven'.

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
  General Booth Enters Into Heaven,'General Booth Enters Into Heaven'.

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

-Sterne, Laurence
  A SentimentalJourney,'Maria'.This is an allusion to an old French proverb.

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