FOR FISH AND BIRDS.
—Edgar A. Guest.
For fish and birds I make this plea, May they be here long after me; May those who follow hear the call Of old Bobwhite in spring and fall; And may they share the joy that's mine When there’s a trout upon the line. I found the world a wondrous place, A cold wind blowing in my face Has brought the wild ducks in from sea; God grant the day shall never be When youth upon November’s shore Shall see the mallards come no more! 1 found the world a garden spot. God grant the desolating shot And barbed hook shall not destroy Some future generations’ joy! Too barren were the earth for words If gone were all the fish and birds. Fancy an age that sees no more The mallards winging in to shore; Fancy a youth with all its dreams That finds no fish within the streams. Our world with life is wondrous fair, God grant we do not strip it bare!
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Forest and Bird, Issue 21, 1 July 1930, Page 14
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171FOR FISH AND BIRDS. Forest and Bird, Issue 21, 1 July 1930, Page 14
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