. An English garner; ingatherings from our history and literature. still this Art more perfect daily grew:For then the slender rod invented was,Of finer sort than former ages knew :And hooks were made of silver and of brass,And lines of hemp and flax were framed new;And sundry baits experience found out moreThan elder times did know or try before. ^Brforei6i3:] <^^ THE Secrets of Angling. 209 But at the last the Iron Age drew near,Of all the rest the hardest and most scant:Then lines were made of silk and subtle hair;And rods of lightest cane and hazel plant;And hooks of hardest steel inven
. An English garner; ingatherings from our history and literature. still this Art more perfect daily grew:For then the slender rod invented was,Of finer sort than former ages knew :And hooks were made of silver and of brass,And lines of hemp and flax were framed new;And sundry baits experience found out moreThan elder times did know or try before. ^Brforei6i3:] <^^ THE Secrets of Angling. 209 But at the last the Iron Age drew near,Of all the rest the hardest and most scant:Then lines were made of silk and subtle hair;And rods of lightest cane and hazel plant;And hooks of hardest steel invented were,That neither skill nor workmanship did want;And so this Art did in the end attainUnto that state where now it doth remain. But here my weary Muse awhile must restThat is not used to so long a way ;And breathe or pause a little at the leastAt this lands end, until another day :And then again, if so she think it bestOur taken-task afresh we will assay;And forward go as first we did intendTill that we come unto our journeys end. T/ie end of the First 2TO rjohn Before 1613 The Second Booh
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