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Jessie Pope - The Two Goliaths
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GOLIATH was a giant, the bully of his side, 
His coat of mail was brazen, his face was 
fierce with pride; 
And when a shepherd stripling to challenge him was 
fain, 
Eleven-foot Goliath ignored him in disdain. 

But David didn`t trouble, his heart was cool and 
glad, 
Though a sling and rounded pebbles were the only 
arms he had. 
That slender slip of Jesse, he knew his cause was 
just, 
So he stood up to the bully, and rolled him in the 
dust. 

Those days are gone for ever, but the bully strain 
survives, 
Though at the time of writing one can hardly say 
it thrives; 
The chant of Chauvinism has become an idle yarn, 
Like the "Negligible British " since the Battle of the 
Marne. 

Our German-made Goliath taunted Tommy on his size, 
But the drubbing Tommy gave him has caused him 
much surprise ; 
And a hasty memorandum in the Teuton mind is 
stored 
"The little British Army must never be ignored.”
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