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    The Angler
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    How comforting it is to see a cheerful and contented old age;
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    and to behold a poor fellow, like this,
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    after being tempest-tost through life,
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    safely moored in a snug and quiet harbor
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    in the evening of his days!
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    His happiness, however, sprung from within himself,
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    and was independent of external circumstances;
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    for he had that inexhaustible good-nature,
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    which is the most precious gift of Heaven,
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    spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought,
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    and keeping the mind smooth and tranquil in the roughest weather.
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    On inquiring further about him I learned
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    that he was a universal favorite in the village,
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    and the oracle of the tap-room;
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    where he delighted the rustics with his songs,
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    and, like Sindbad,
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    astonished them with his stories of strange lands,
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    and shipwrecks, and sea-fights.
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    He was much noticed too by gentlemen sportsmen of the neighborhood;
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    had taught several of them the art of angling;
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    and was a privileged visitor to their kitchens.
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    The whole tenor of his life was quiet and inoffensive,
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    being principally passed about the neighboring streams,
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    when the weather and season were favorable;
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    and at other times he employed himself at home,
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    preparing his fishing tackle for the next campaign,
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    or manufacturing rods, nets, and flies,
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    for his patrons and pupils among the gentry.