Note 47 — MESSIAH,
Reading edition
Virg. Ecl. iv. 21:
Ipsæ lacte domum referent distenta capelæ Ubera, nec magnos metuent armeuta leones.— Occidet et serpens, et fallax herba veneni Occidet.
"The goats shall bear to the fold their udders distended with milk: nor shall the herds be afraid of the greatest lions. The serpent shall die, and the herb that conceals poison shall die."
Isaiah xi. 6, 7, 8. "The wolf 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 lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the den of the cockatrice."—Pope.