186 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. PART I. 



believe he retired himself from talking with me that he 

 might be so perfect in this song ; was it not, master? 



Pise. Yes, indeed, for it is many years since I learned 

 it; and having forgotten a part of it, I was forced to 



A way, then, away. 



We IOM sport by delay ; 

 Bat ant. leve mil our sorrow* behind u ; 



If Mii Fortune should cone, 



We ate all gone from home, 

 And a-Qshiog she never can find a*. 



X. . 



The angler it free 



Fron Ue care* that Degree 

 Kind* iuelf with, o often, tormented : 



And although we ihould .lay 



Each a hundred a daj. 

 Tu a i laughter ned> ne'er be repented. 



XI. 



And though we dl.play 



All our aru to betray 

 What were made for man's pleasure and diet, 



Tet both prince* and state* 



May for all our quaint baits. 

 Rule ibentseives and their people in quiet. 



XII. 



We scratch not our pates, 



Nor repine at the rates 

 Our superiors impose on our living ; 



But do frankly submit, 



Knowing they have more wit 

 In demanding than we have in giving. 



Xlll. 



While quiet we sit. 

 We conclude all things fit; 



Acquiescing with hearty submission; 

 For though simple, we know 

 That soft murmurs will grow, 



At the last, unto downright sedition. 



XI?. 

 We care not who says, 



And intends it dispraise, 

 That an angler to a fool is next neighbour : 



Let him prate ; what care we ? 



We're as honest a* be ; 

 And so let him take that for his labour. 



