The trenchant blade, Toledo trusty, For want of fighting wa… - Samuel Butler

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The trenchant blade, Toledo trusty,
For want of fighting was grown rusty,
And ate into itself, for lack
Of somebody to hew and hack.

Samuel Butler

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Samuel Butler (February 8 1612 – September 25 1680) was an English satirical poet.

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Quoth she, I 've heard old cunning stagers
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Or shear swine, all cry and no wool.

Beside, 't is known he could speak Greek
As naturally as pigs squeak;
That Latin was no more difficile
Than to a blackbird 't is to whistle.

The trenchant blade, Toledo trusty, For want of fighting was grown rusty, And ate into itself, for lack Of somebody to hew and hack. - Samuel Butler

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