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After that first trout I was alone in there. But I didn'tknow it until later.
After that first trout I was alone in there. But I didn'tknow it until later.
 And angling too, that solitary vice,
 What Izaak Walton sings or says:
  The quaint, old, cruel coxcomb, read more 
 And angling too, that solitary vice,
 What Izaak Walton sings or says:
  The quaint, old, cruel coxcomb, in his gullet
   Should have a hook, and a small trout to pull it. 
Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.
Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.
 The first men that our Saviour dear
 Did choose to wait upon Him here,
  Blest fishers were; read more 
 The first men that our Saviour dear
 Did choose to wait upon Him here,
  Blest fishers were; and fish the last
   Food was, that He on earth did taste:
    I therefore strive to follow those,
     Whom He to follow Him hath chose. 
A fishing pole is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool on the other
A fishing pole is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool on the other
 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a 
cord which thou lettest down?
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 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a 
cord which thou lettest down?
 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through 
with a thorn? 
 When if or chance or hunger's powerful sway
 Directs the roving trout this fatal way,
  He greedily read more 
 When if or chance or hunger's powerful sway
 Directs the roving trout this fatal way,
  He greedily sucks in the twining bait,
   And tugs and nibbles the fallacious meat.
    Now, happy fisherman; now twitch the line!
     How thy rod bends! behold, the prize is thine! 
 La ligne, avec sa canne, est un long instrument,
 Dont le plus mince bout tient un petit reptile,
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 La ligne, avec sa canne, est un long instrument,
 Dont le plus mince bout tient un petit reptile,
  Et dont l'autre est tenu par un grand imbecile. 
 For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught 
of the fishes that they had read more 
 For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught 
of the fishes that they had taken:
 And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were 
partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from 
henceforth, thou shalt catch men.