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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FIRST FISHERMAN, by PATRICK REGINALD CHALMERS
First Line: Beside a vast and primal sea
Last Line: All fishermen—and ananias!
Subject(s): Fish & Fishing; Anglers
First Line: Beside a vast and primal sea
Last Line: All fishermen—and ananias!
Subject(s): Fish & Fishing; Anglers
BESIDE a vast and primal sea
A solitary savage he,
Who gathered for his tribe's rude need
The daily dole of raw sea-weed.
He watched the great tides rise and fall,
And spoke the truth—or not at all!
Along the awful shore he ran
A simple pre-Pelasgian;
A thing primeval, undefiled,
Straightforward as a little child,—
Until one morn he made a grab
And caught a mesozoic crab!
Then—told the tribe at close of day
A bigger one had got away!
From him have sprung (I own a bias
To ways the cult of rod and fly has)
All fishermen—and Ananias!
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