The Lay of the Last Angler: In Four Cantos. To which is Added Jack's Dangers and DeliverancesJ. & J. H. Rutherfurd, 1884 - 211 sider |
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The Lay of the Last Angler, in Four Cantos: To Which Is Added Jack's Dangers ... Robert Liddell Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2008 |
The Lay of the Last Angler, in Four Cantos: To Which Is Added Jack's Dangers ... Robert Liddell Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2008 |
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Side 12 - Merton ; He's given me many a useful lesson, How to be ' canny,' or to press on A heavier strain against one's fish, And tire it out as he would wish. He could get out a splendid line Into the wind, or ' fishing fine ' ; In heavy water, when afloat, No one could beat him with the boat ; In short he's master of the art In all details and every part ; If Cambridge gave degrees to anglers, John would be first of Senior Wranglers.
Side 33 - And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone : But to speak them were a deadly sin; And for having but thought them my heart within, A treble penance must be done.
Side 110 - Owerfa', and Killmouth Pool. ,,. :!) ) These five last cataracts descend Through walls of rock from end to end ; They're known conjointly as The Trows (Pronounced as if you're saying " vows.") But meaning " Troughs " — you'd ne'er attain The reason why, so I'll explain. Langsyne a pre-historic man Devised a raft of novel plan ; He took two troughs for feeding cattle, Joined them with nails or rope or wattle, And bevelled them, one end to be In shape just like our letter V. Then, if the stream were...
Side 12 - ... the most." Now, breakfast o'er, I go with speed To see John Purdy and the Tweed ; They're close at hand — a little stroll Across a bright and grassy knoll. I found old John within his cottage Quietly dining on some pottage — A symptom, between me and you, There's nought upon the Tweed to do Now, John and I are oldish friends, O'er forty years our time extends ; He's been with me for many a spurt on The streams and pools of bonnie Merton ; He's given me many a useful lesson How to " be cannie,"...
Side 24 - Distant about two miles or more — I'd never seen the cast before, And a prime cast it is, no doubt, As I in substance soon found out. We didn't leave that favourite spot Till two more salmon we had got, Both sixteen pound, and each a clipper, The first a baggit, next a kipper.
Side 12 - be cannie," or to press on A heavier strain against one's fish, And tire it out, as he would wish. He could get out a splendid line Into the wind, or " fishing fine ;" In heavy water, when afloat, No one could beat him with the boat ; In short, he's master of the art In all details and every part.
Side 21 - big," but no more rain ; The atmosphere both cool and fresh, And Richardson foretell's " some fesh." The upper water's still our mark, Where we left off when it was dark ; But higher up along the...
Side 21 - s all in vain ; For when there's so much water on The chances there are not begun. So next we go to " Brig-end" stream, Where the side-current curds like cream.