2s8 THE WAY OF A TROUT WITH A FLY 



But if, after all, your experiments fail, 

 Then get some ecstatic supporter, 

 Get from under the gale 

 To your fireside and rail 

 At the mythical wink under water. 



The spurious wink under water, 

 Hypothetical wink under water, 



And toast with full glasses 



Confusion to asses 

 That prate of the wink under water. 



Refert puristes : 



Get along with your rabid and insolent guff, 

 You silly and giddy cavorter, 



I've had more than enough 



Of your drivelling stuff 

 And your idiot wink under water. 



For there isn't a wink under water, 



There was never a wink under water, 



And I firmly believe 



With intent to deceive 



You invented the wink under water. 



Cantant omnes : 



It is rude, though your feelings it seems to relieve, 

 To dub any member " distorter," 



You can hardly conceive 



All the tales we believe 

 With the aid of a wink over water — 



An innocent wink over water, 

 A wink over qualified water, 



Ironical wink 



Over comforting drink, 

 A wink over whisky-and-water. 



So why not a wink under water, 

 An adjective wink under water, 



A merry brown, very brown, 



Sherry brown, cherry brown, 



Honey dun, sunny dun, 



Frisky brown, whisky brown 



Might have been olive green, 



Yellow gold, mellow gold, 



Very gold, marigold, 



Numerous, humorous, 



Glimmering, shimmering, 



Nickering, flickering, 



Rollicking, frolicking, 



Kaleidoscopical, topical, tropical. 



