16 !) Sottwl 



With leasure let him run, 

 Or else your Joys are Baulk'd by loosing half your 



worm, 



Which to prevent, give time to Gorge the bait, 

 And by a gentle touch you'll hook him streight. 

 Down thro' the Moores to Otford gently go, 

 Inviting pleasures still attend you, so 

 To Shorham, where use your skill and choicest care, 



Both with the worm and single hair, 

 And never doubt for pleasure most abounding there. 

 At twenty places where the Riv er turns, 

 Is sport sufficient both for fly and worms : 

 At Lulling stone* and Farningham, 

 The Trouts are kind and yield good game, 

 If with judicious eye and steady hand, 



Your Rod and Line you can command, 

 When Dartford, first comes to your eye, 

 Pack up your Tools and homeward high, 

 For sweet Darent by going thither, 

 Hows into Thames and runs the Lord knows 



whether. 



Now sing the Carp and turn thy theam my Muse, 

 To fresh delights, 

 And cunning slights, 

 That skillful Anglers use. 



* PercivallHart, Esq; 



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