The Compleat ^Angler 



Where In a 

 Perch or 

 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 our pillow : 

 Where we may 

 Think and pray, 

 Before death 

 Stops our breath : 

 Other joys 



Are but toys, ' 



And to be lamented. Jo/_CHALKHlLL. 



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