History & Politics
Who Is He
From Songs from the Waverley Novels (Poetical Works, Oxford 1904)
History & Politics
WHO is he ? -- One that for the lack of land
Shall fight upon the water -- he hath challenged
Formerly the grand whale ; and by his titles
Of Leviathan, Behemoth, and so forth.
He tilted with a sword-fish -- Marry, sir,
Th' aquatic had the best -- the argument
Still galls our champion's breech.
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Codex Note
From The Antiquary (1816)
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