An Angler's Invitation 175 



And when the day is done, the Inn 



Will give us welcome, and a bottle 

 Of sweeter wine than there's within 



The far more grand and formal hotel ! 



There dainty Phyllis brings our beer, 



In place of white-choked waiter, bless her ! 



And other answers we can hear, 



Than the polite, eternal " Yes, sir ! " 



Then come, the sandpiper has flown, 



On tackle no more time be wasting, 

 But let's be off at once, and own 



That Nature still holds joys worth tasting. 



