10 Metaphors for homage

"A freely offered homage is the most beautiful of all relations.

A reverent homage before the sublimities of yesterday is the condition of a fine perception of the hidden triumphs of the morrow.

The homage he received at the Academy was merely the prelude to that which awaited him at the National theatre.

It is only when this homage becomes mere eye-service, when a book radically unworthy of such dignity is too delicately cultivated, too richly bound, that a poor dilettantism comes in between the reader and what he reads.

The natural Homage, which such a Creature bears to so infinitely Wise and Good a Being, is a firm Reliance on him for the Blessings and Conveniences of Life, and an habitual Trust in him for Deliverance out of all such Dangers and Difficulties as may befall us.

HOMAGES TO PRIESTESSES Equally deceptive are all other apparent exceptions to the customary contempt for women.

" Thus, self-deceivers, filled with pride alway, Reluctant homage to the good ye pay, Mingled with scorn like poison sucked from flowers Revere the humble; godlike are their powers: No mendicants for praise of men are they.

The best homage we can pay him is not grief or Vain regret for counsel given in vain, But service of our lives to keep her free The land he served: a pledge above his grave To give her even such a gift as he, The soul of loyalty, gave.

And amid all the shouting and waving of flags, all the manifold "homages" to this hero and to that, there was not the slightest trace of rowdyism or of "mafficking."

The best homage we can pay him is not grief or Vain regret for counsel given in vain, But service of our lives to keep her free The land he served: a pledge above his grave To give her even such a gift as he, The soul of loyalty, gave.

10 Metaphors for  homage