Versos English James Miller Benhale

English poem

Benhale

by (1860–1947)

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Were thy hide like the mail’d rhinoceros; Thy brawny arms like Hercules’ strangling serpents; Thy ample shoulders like gigantic Atlas With the globe on his back, I would not shrink, But with this little arm and trusty sword Teach thee to temper speech with more politeness.