ANGLER'S DIRGE
ANDLE the rod once more With leving care, Each ferrule earnestly Oiled with my hair. EAM O6n its beauty then, Caress each part Fashioned so faithfully By Hardy’s art. A#® my poor pensive Gnat, You shall desert my hat, And Greenwell’s Glory tade Into the black book’s shade, Greeting his fellow flies With softly soughing sighs. HALL creek and river feel Trout, listening for a reel, Swiftling against a surge Or lying passive, Waiting, they know not why They are denied my fly. AND shall the streams still flow Whether we fish or no? Past leafless willows, Laving their reddened shoots, Swirling about their roots, Emptying over fall, Missing us .... not at all? So. fretting reel be still, ’ ave you not sung your fill Of fishing chant and glee And outdoor ecstasy. — ; _ Now must your song be done Until October come.
E. M.
Lyders
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 515, 6 May 1949, Page 11
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146ANGLER'S DIRGE New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 515, 6 May 1949, Page 11
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