MADE in Toledo, town of Spain ;
Never a notch on its edge, nor stain
On its slender body, supple as cane.
Straight as I’ve seen a Dutch canal go,
Blue as the blood of a brown hidalgo,
Dapper as dandies who down the Mall go.
Cold as maidenhood, keen as care :
Severs a single floating hair,
Splits a skull as you slice a pear.
Duels that rapier has fought by the dozen,
When Tom would bluster and Jack would cozen,
And Hal offended a pretty cousin.
(Justin H. McCarthy)
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