We have for many years been bored
By that old saw about the sword
And pen, and now we all rejoice,
To see how Nature made her choice:
She made, regardless of offendin’,
The Sword-fish mightier than the Penguin.
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The Pen-guin. The Sword-fish. · Robert Williams Wood · Poetry Cove