THE SAVING GRACE IN FISHING 183 



" Let them be a little space, 

 Tho' they lack our crowning grace; 

 Tho' their talk be not about 

 Things we talk of, dining out; 

 Tho' their jokes are hard to see; 

 Let them be. 



Could we once have been as they? 

 Fat and rosy, fresh and gay, 

 With such reverence for the fact, 

 With such perfect want of tact, 

 Yes? Well, all the same, prithee 

 Let them be." 



