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Briton Rivière, Una and the Lion

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«The lion would not leave her desolate, but went with her as a strong guard and as a faithful companion. When she slept he kept watch, and when she waked he waited diligently, ready to help her in any way he could. He always knew from her looks what she wanted.»

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Mary Macleod, Stories from the Faerie Queene

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William Bell Scott, Una and the lion (1860, National Galleries Scotland)

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Septimus Edwin Scott, Una and the Lion

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John Bell, Una and the lion (1847, Victoria and Albert Museum, Londres)

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«The lion would not leave her desolate, 

But with her went along, as a strong guard 

Of her chaste person, and a faithful mate. 

Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward; 

And, when she waked, he waited diligent,

With humble service to her will prepared: 

From her fair eyes he took commandment 

And ever by her looks conceivèd her intent.»

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Edmund Spenser, «Una and the Lion»

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William Bell Scott, Una and the Lion (1860)

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"Oh, yes! Tell us about Aslan!" said several voices at once; for once again that strange feeling—like the first signs of spring, like good news, had come over them.

"Who is Aslan?" asked Susan.

"Aslan?" said Mr Beaver. "Why, don't you know? He's the King. He's the Lord of the whole wood, but not often here, you understand. (...)"

"Is-is he a man?" asked Lucy.

"Aslan a man!" said Mr Beaver sternly. "Certainly not. I tell you he is the King of the wood and the son of the great Emperor-beyond-the-Sea. Don't you know who is the King of Beasts? Aslan is a lion — the Lion, the great Lion."

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C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950)

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Frederick Stuart Church, The Lion in Love (1883)