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EPITAPH by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE ANGLER ROSE, HE TOOK HIS ROD, / HE KNEELED AND MADE HIS PRAYERS TO GOD
Last Line: THE ANGLER TRIPPED, THE EELS WERE FED.
Subject(s): FISH & FISHING; GOD;
THE angler rose, he took his rod,
He kneeled and made his prayers to God.
The living God sat overhead:
The angler tripped, the eels were fed.



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