“For all the water in the ocean
Can never turn a swan’s black legs to white,
Although she lave them hourly in the flood.”
Titus Andronicus, Act iv. Sc. 2.
“I have seen a swan
With bootless labour swim against the tide,
And spend her strength with overmatching waves.”
Henry VI. Part III. Act i. Sc. 4.
SWAN’S DOWN.
Those who are familiar with the late Mr. Wolley’s sketch of the wild swan’s nest, published by Professor Newton in the “Ootheca Wolleyana” (Part I. Plate 9),