THE TWO GOLIATHS.
I'Oiuith was a giant, the bully of his side.. His coat of mail was brazen, his face was fierce with pride; And when ji shepherd stripling to challenge him was fain, Eleven-foot Goliath ignored him in disdain.
But David didn't trouble, his heart was cool and glad, Though a sling and rounded pebbles were the only arms he had. That slender slip of Jesse, lie knew his cause was just, So ho stood up to the bull}', and rolled him in the dust.
Those days are gone, for ever, but the bully strain survives, Though at the time of writing one can hardly say it thrives; The chant of Chauvinism has become an idle yarn. Like the "negligible British"- since, tliy battle of the ftlnrne. Our German-made Goliath taunted. Tommy on his size, But the drubbing Tommy gave him has caused him much surprise; And a hasty memorandum in the Teuton mind is stored—"The little British army must never be ignored Jessie Pope.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 210, 12 February 1915, Page 8
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166THE TWO GOLIATHS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 210, 12 February 1915, Page 8
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