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 gold or silver tinsel ! As a mere work of art, 



its beauty is admirable, and neatness faultless. 

 But for real hard work, and murderous powers, 

 give me, oh! give me the rugged "old warrior" 

 a hundred-fold over, in preference to the above- 

 mentioned ballroom beauty. The ancient gentle- 

 man is now, I believe, laid up in lavender a 

 valued relic of days of yore. "Requiescat in 

 pace!" 



" Old warrior " rest ! now thy warfare is done, 

 No more shalt thou fight where the wild waters run ; 

 Thy feathers are faded, thy tinsel is torn, 

 And the edge of thy steel is blunted and worn. 

 Let others more youthful and bright as a beam 

 Of the sun overhead, flaunt by on the stream ; 

 Not one of the number, the bravest and best, 

 Shall rival thy trophies, then "old warrior" rest ! 



" Had I to live my life over again," said an 

 old fisherman to me one day, " instead of being 

 encumbered with such a stock of flies, about a 

 score of them at a time would quite satisfy me. 

 Now, I look through my book, and often feel 

 bewildered which to choose, and waste much 



