Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 322
resigned.Some eels proved more than even matchFor those who made the wondrous catch,And, like a fortune won with ease,They slipped through fingers by degrees,And bade good-bye to margin sands,In spite of half a dozen hands.The catfish left his bed below,With croaks and protests from the go;And… … He lay and eyed the Brownie band, And threatened every reaching hand. The hungry, wakeful birds of air Soon gathered round to claim their share, And did for days themselves regale On fish of every stripe and scale. Thus sport went on with laugh and shout,As hooks went in and fish came out,While…
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