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It is not always to the strong	A
Victorious battle shall belong	A
This found Goliath huge and tall	B
Mightiest giant of them all	B
Who in the proud Philistian host	C
Defi d Israel with boast	C
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With loud voice Goliath said	D
'Hear armed Israel gather d	E
And in array against us set	F
Ye shall alone by me be met	F
For am not I a Philistine	G
What strength may be compared to mine	H
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'Choose ye a man of greatest might	I
And if he conquer me in fight	I
Then we will all servants be	E
King of Israel unto thee	E
But if I prove the victor then	J
Shall Saul and all his arm d men	J
Bend low beneath Philistian yoke '	-
Day by day these words he spoke	K
Singly traversing the ground	L
But not an Israelite was found	L
To combat man to man with him	M
Who such prodigious force of limb	M
Displayed Like to a weaver's beam	N
The ponderous spear he held did seem	N
In height six cubits he did pass	O
And he was armed all o'er in brass	O
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Him we will leave awhile and speak	P
Of one the soft down on whose cheek	P
Of tender youth the tokens bare	Q
Ruddy he was and very fair	Q
David the son of Jesse he	E
Small sized yet beautiful to see	E
Three brothers had he in the band	R
Of warriors under Saul's command	R
Himself at home did private keep	S
In Bethlem's plains his father's sheep	S
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Jesse said to this his son	T
'David to thy brothers run	T
Where in the camp they now abide	U
And learn what of them may betide	U
These presents for their captains take	V
And of their fare inquiries make '	-
With joy the youth his sire obeyed	W
David was no whit dismayed	W
When he arriv d at the place	X
Where he beheld the strength and face	X
Of dread Goliath and could hear	Y
The challenge Of the people near	Z
Unmoved he asked what should be done	T
To him who slew that boasting one	T
Whose words such mischiefs did forebode	A2
To the armies of the living God	B2
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'The king ' they unto David say	C2
'Most amply will that man repay	C2
He and his father's house shall be	E
Evermore in Israel free	E
With mighty wealth Saul will endow	D2
That man and he has made a vow	D2
Whoever takes Goliath's life	E2
Shall have Saul's daughter for his wife '	-
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His eldest brother who had heard	F2
His question was to anger stirred	F2
Against the youth for as he thought	G2
Things out of his young reach he sought	G2
Said he 'What moved thee to come here	Y
To question warlike men say where	Q
And in whose care are those few sheep	S
That in the wilderness you keep	S
I know thy thoughts how proud thou art	H2
In the haughtiness of thy heart	H2
Hoping a battle thou mayst see	E
Thou comest hither down to me '	-
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Then answered Jesse's youngest son	T
In these words 'What have I done	T
Is there not cause ' Some there which heard	F2
And at the manner of his word	F2
Admired report this to the king	I2
By his command they David bring	I2
Into his presence Fearless then	J
Before the king and his chief men	J
He shows his confident design	H
To combat with the Philistine	G
Saul with wonder heard the youth	J2
And thus addressed him 'Of a truth	J2
No power thy untried sinew hath	K2
To cope with this great man of Gath '	-
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Lowly David bowed his head	D
And with firm voice the stripling said	D
'Thy servant kept his father's sheep	S
Rushing from a mountain steep	S
There came a lion and a bear	Q
The firstlings of my flock to tear	Q
Thy servant hath that lion killed	L2
And killed that bear when from the field	M2
Two young lambs by force they seized	N2
The Lord was mercifully pleased	N2
Me to deliver from the paw	O2
Of the fierce bear and cruel jaw	O2
Of the strong lion I shall slay	C2
The unrighteous Philistine this day	C2
If God deliver him also	P2
To me ' He ceased The king said 'Go	I2
Thy God the God of Israel be	E
In the battle still with thee '	-
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David departs unarmed save	Q2
A staff in hand he chanced to have	R2
Nothing to the fight he took	I2
Save five smooth stones from out a brook	I2
These in his shepherd's scrip he placed	S2
That was fastened round his waist	S2
With staff and sling alone he meets	T2
The arm d giant who him greets	T2
With nought but scorn Looking askance	U2
On the fair ruddy countenance	V2
Of his young enemy 'Am I	W2
A dog that thou comest here to try	W2
Thy strength upon me with a staff '	-
Goliath said with scornful laugh	X2
'Thou comest with sword with spear with shield	M2
Yet thou to me this day must yield	M2
The Lord of Hosts is on my side	U
Whose armies boastful thou'st defied	U
All nations of the earth shall hear	Y
He saveth not with shield and spear '	-
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Thus David spake and nigher went	Y2
Then choosing from his scrip he sent	Y2
Out of his slender sling a stone	Z2
The giant uttered fearful moan	Z2
The stone though small had pierc d deep	S
Into his forehead endless sleep	S
Giving Goliath and thus died	U
Of Philistines the strength and pride	U

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