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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 9. LOVE A TICKLISH GAME, by PHILIP AYRES Poet's Biography
First Line: Virgins are like the silver finny race
Last Line: Lay well your hooks -- and cast your nets with art.
Subject(s): Courtship; Fish & Fishing; Love; Anglers
First Line: Virgins are like the silver finny race
Last Line: Lay well your hooks -- and cast your nets with art.
Subject(s): Courtship; Fish & Fishing; Love; Anglers
VIRGINS are like the silver finny race,
Of slippery kind, and fishes seem in part:
Lovers! look to't; be sure to bait the place,
Lay well your hooks -- and cast your nets with art.
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