• I In these flowery meads would be,
    These crystal streams should solace me;
    To whose harmonious bubbling noise
    I, with my angle, would rejoice,
        Sit here, and see the turtle-dove
        Court his chaste mate to acts of love;

    Or, on that bank, feel the west-wind
    Breathe health and plenty; please my mind,
    To see sweet dew-drops...

  • O The GALLANT fisher’s life,
      It is the best of any!
    ’T is full of pleasure, void of strife,
      And ’t is beloved by many;
          Other joys
          Are but toys;
          Only this
          Lawful is;
          For our skill
          Breeds no ill,
        But content and pleasure.*        *        *        *        *
    When we...