156 angler's song. 



VI. 



Lines of verse, 'tis said, 

 Proceed from the head, 



And the mental palate regale ; 

 Then what can exceed 

 The poet's bright deed ? — 



Lines of hair, from a horse's tail. 



VII. 



By hook or by crook, 



Some cunningly look 

 To win both the loaves and the fishes ; 



But the angler wanders. 



As the stream meanders. 

 And there centre his honest wishes. 



VIII. 



Perchance at college. 

 In search of knowledge, 



Tom shone a dandified dangler, 

 Cajoling with pun, 

 Old Don and young Dun, — 



He may still be — Senior Angler ! 



