There also were two wits by acclamation,

Longbow from Ireland,[694] Strongbow from the Tweed[695]—Both

lawyers and both men of education—

But Strongbow's wit was of more polished breed;

Longbow was rich in an imagination

As beautiful and bounding as a steed,

But sometimes stumbling over a potato,—

While Strongbow's best things might have come from Cato.