236 (Eraj&s. 
Grass. ... Submission. 
According to the Greek historians, Grass was made 
the symbol of submission, because the ancient nations 
of the West gathered Grass and presented it to the con¬ 
queror, to show that they confessed themselves over¬ 
come. The grass is trodden under foot by imperial 
man; and, instead of returning to its former vigour 
with elastic spring, or punishing its violator like the 
nettle, yields to its fate—spiritless submission. 
It grieves me to the soul 
To see how man submits to man’s control; 
How overpowered and shackled minds are led 
In vulgar tracks, and to submission bred. 
Crabbe. 
You shall be as a father to my youth, 
My voice shall sound as you do prompt mine ear; 
And I will stoop and humble my intents 
To your well practised, wise directions. 
Shakspeare. 
Romans now 
Have thews and limbs like to their ancestors; 
But, wo the while! our fathers’ minds are dead, 
And we are governed with our mother’s spirits; 
Our yoke and sufferance show us womanish. 
Shakspeare. 
