Footprints. Grocott's Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?

Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Footprints


Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime; And, departing leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time. Longfellow.—Psalm of Life, Verse 7.	1
A foot more light, a step more true, Ne’er from the heath-flower dashed the dew; E’en the slight harebell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread. Scott.—The Lady of the Lake, Canto I. Stanza 18.	2
The flower she touched on dipped and rose. Tennyson.—The Talking Oak, Verse 33.	3
The grass stoops not, she treads on it so light. Shakespeare.—Venus and Adonis, Stanza 172.	4
Dance on the sands, and yet no footing seen. Shakespeare.—Venus and Adonis, Stanza 25.	5
And ye that on the sands with printless foot Do chase the ebbing Neptune. Shakespeare.—Tempest, Act V. Scene 1.	6
As if the wind, not she, did walk, Nor pressed a flower, nor bowed a stalk. Ben Jonson.—Vision of Delight.	7
For other print her airy step ne’er left, Her treading would not bend a blade of grass, Or shake the downy blow-ball from his stalk! Ben Jonson.—The Sad Shepherd.	8
Whilst from off the waters fleet, Thus I set my printless feet O’er the cowslip’s velvet head, That bends not as I tread. Milton.—Comus. (Sabrina to the Spirit.)	9