190 VARIOUS REMARKS ON THE 



" To J. T. 



IN HASTY ANSWER TO HIS ADDRESS c TO ANGLERS.' 



I like the strain in which you plead the cause 

 Of sweet HUMANITY'S indulgent laws, 



And hail each finny tribe as sister brother ! 

 Extend this principle to every dish, 

 To flesh, and fowl, as well as toward fish, 



How would men live ? by eating one another ? 



'Tis a fine horse on which you've got astride, 

 HUMANITY'S a pretty horse to ride ; 



Faith, you may gallop till quite out of breath : 

 But I confess, my worthy friend J. T., 

 'Tis an establish'd principle with me, 



HUMANITY would starve a man to death. 



Tho' I acknowledge all that you affirm 

 In vindication of the writhing worm 



Thou great ATTOENEY-G-ENEEAL of the brook ! 

 The world in common this example set : 

 The fish, perhaps, too crafty for the net, 



May grasp temptation and forget the hook. 



Why from the native forest take the deer ? 

 Free, unmolested, let them wander there, 



The inoffensive burghers of their city. 

 Why downy rabbits from their warren tear ? 

 Or why with dogs pursue the timid hare ? 



Say, gentle Sir ! now is it not a pity ? 



