210 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. [parti. 



We have gentles in a horn, 

 We have paste and worms too ; 

 We can watch both night and morn, 

 Suffer rain and storms too. 



None do here 



Use to swear, 



Oaths do fray 



Fish away ; 



We sit still, 



And watch our quill ; 

 Fishers must not wrangle. 



If the suns excessive heat 

 Make our bodies swelter, 

 To an osier -hedge we get 

 For a friendly shelter ; 



Where in a dike 



Pearch or Pike, 



Roach or Dace, 



We do chase, 



Bleak or Gudgeon 



Without grudging ; 

 We are still contented. 



Or we sometimes pass an hour 

 Under a green willow ; 

 That defends us from a shower, 

 Making earth oar pillow ; 



Where we may 



Think and pray, 



