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The little fishes of the sea,
They sent an answer back to me.
The little fishes' answer read more
The little fishes of the sea,
They sent an answer back to me.
The little fishes' answer was
"We cannot do it, Sir, because--"
Here when the labouring fish does at the foot arrive,
And finds that by his strength but vainly he read more
Here when the labouring fish does at the foot arrive,
And finds that by his strength but vainly he doth strive;
His tail takes in his teeth, and bending like a bow,
That's to the compass drawn, aloft himself doth throw:
Then springing at his height, as doth a little wand,
That, bended end to end, and flerted from the hand,
Far off itself doth cast. so does the salmon vaut.
And if at first he fail, his second summersaut
He instantly assays and from his nimble ring,
Still yarking never leaves, until himself he fling
Above the streamful top of the surrounded heap.
I have other fish to fry.
I have other fish to fry.
"Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail,
"There's a porpoise close behind us, and read more
"Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail,
"There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my
tail!
See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance:
They are waiting on the shingle--will you come and join the
dance?"
Thy neck is a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in
Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: read more
Thy neck is a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in
Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower
Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.
And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.
And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.
This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only
an organizing genius could produce a shortage read more
This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only
an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at
the same time.
I will not make fish one and flesh of another.
I will not make fish one and flesh of another.
Damn'd neuters, in their middle way of steering,
Are neither fish, nor flesh, nor good red herring.
Damn'd neuters, in their middle way of steering,
Are neither fish, nor flesh, nor good red herring.