PISCES—Too deep!
THE ZODIAC.—FEBRUARY.
PISCES.—THE FISHES.
The Song of the Unsuccessful Angler.
I cannot tell the reason,—it is really very odd,—
My tackle is first-rate, and I've a most expensive rod,
Bought at the Golden Perch, the shop that's always selling off;
And yet, with all my outlay, I've got nothing but a cough.
I think the fish are altered since old Walton wrote his book;
They shun the simple gentle, and suspect it "with a hook."
I think I mayn't be deep enough: in vain I move the quill,