Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.
Mantle
The prophet’s mantle, ere his flight began,
Dropt on the world—a sacred gift to man.
Campbell.—Pleasures of Hope, Part I.
And Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
1 Kings, Chap. xix. Ver. 19.