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The Fishers.

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Silence! stir not! for a whisper         Would affright thy pretty prey;     Not a motion, little lisper,         Else the fish will glide away.     Hush! he's coming! he is swimming         Slowly round and round the bait;     Steady! though thine eye is brimming         Full of mirth that will not wait.     And thy brother near thee kneeling         Fears to hear thy ringing shout;     Gently! near and nearer stealing         Comes the brightly spotted trout.     There! thy hook has caught him surely;         Firmly hold thy slender rod;     Pull away! and then securely         Place him on the grassy sod.     'Neath the green boughs rustling o'er you,         Fish away the livelong day;     And with evening's star before you,         Wander home at twilight gray.

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"Silence! stir not! for a whisper..."

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