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

By Harry LymanKoopman

1383 The Satirist

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,

Whose wounds the foeman hardly feels;

He laughs, and lifts his hand to smite,

Then suddenly he reels.