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A Reply
(From one trout-fisher to another.) IT would have been jolly— The Mayfly is up You say, in full folly, Where cloud and kingcup, And chestnutty candles Light Kennet a-down, But, scandal of scandals, They've kept me in Town ; I've only to look (who Have Fancy for gift) And, shouted of cuckoo And swept of a swift, I sec (with all proper Reflections), I see That " positive whopper" You promise to me ; He lies in a stickle And placidly takes His toll, as they trickle, Of succulent Drakes ; Yes, were I below him, Now, ere he has dined, I think that I'd show him-- Ah well, never mind, For wheels must be humming Although, as you say, The hatch is just coming' Down Kintbury way, ' And, far from Pall Mali (oh , ' He's long as my arm !), A trout on a shallow
Feeds—feeds like-a charm.
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