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shew the world that he could make soft and smooth 

 verses, when he thought smoothness worth his la- 

 bour ; and I love them the better, because they allude 

 to Rivers, and Fish, and Fishing. They be these : 



Come, live with me, and be my love, 

 And we will some new pleasures prove, 

 Of golden sands, and crystal brooks, 

 With silken lines and silver hooks. 



There will the river ivhisp'ring run, 

 Warm'd by the eyes more than the sun ; 

 And there the enamel' d fish will stay, 

 Begging themselves they may betray. 



When thou wilt swim in that live bath, 

 Each fish, which ev'ry channel hath, 

 Most amourously to thee will swim, 

 Gladder to catch thee than thou him. 



If thou, to be so seen, be'st loath, 

 By sun or moon, thou dark' nest both ; 

 And if mine eyes have leave to see, 

 I need not their light, having thee. 



Let others freeze with angling-reeds, 

 And cut their legs with shells and weeds ; 

 Or treach'rously poor fish beset 

 With strangling snares, or windowy net : 



Let coarse bold hands, from slimy nest, 

 The bedded fish in banks outwrest ; 



