1383. The Satirist by Harry Lyman Koopman. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

1383. The Satirist

By Harry Lyman Koopman


NOT mine to draw the cloth-yard shaft
From straining palm to thrilling ear;
Then launch it through the monster’s hulk,
One thrust, from front to rear.

Mine is the Bushman’s tiny bow,	5
Whose wounds the foeman hardly feels;
He laughs, and lifts his hand to smite,
Then suddenly he reels.