Tuesday, March 17, 2015

A Modern Ike



Now doth the would-be fisherman
     Begin his yearly wishing;
While night and day we hear him say
     He’d like to go a-fishing.

At night he looks his tackle o’er,
     Caresses reel and rod;
Then lays them by, and with a sigh
     Goes out and buys a cod.



March 17, ‘94
Pu. in B.

Courier, Apr. 1, ‘94 

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