Conducts a Lion thither, before whom
All vanish, and the Lion feeds alone;
So swarm’d the Trojan powers numerous and bold,
Around Ulysses, who with wary skill
Heroic combated his evil day.
But Ajax came, covered with his broad shield
That seemed a tower, and at Ulysses’ side
Stood fast; then fled the Trojans wide-dispersed.”
Shakspere has the same idea, when he says—
“Lions make Leopards tame.”