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DAVID AND GOLIATH by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: ONE WORD OF WELL-DIRECTED WIT
Last Line: WHERE MANY A NOBLER WEAPON FAILED.
Subject(s): DAVID (D. 962 B.C.); GOLIATH;
One word of well-directed wit,
A pebble-jest, has often hit
A boastful evil and prevailed
Where many a nobler weapon failed.



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