Charles H. Spurgeon on Psalms 17:12

"Like a lion," etc. In "Paradise Lost," we have a fine poetical conception of the arch enemy prowling around our first parents when he first beheld their happiness, and resolved to ruin them. —About them round

A lion now, he stalks with fiery glare;

Then, as a tiger, who by chance hath spied

In some purlieu, two gentle fawns at play,

Straight crouches close, then rising, changes oft

His couchant watch, as one who chose his ground,

Whence rushing he might surest seize them both,

Grip'd in each paw. John Milton.