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The Angler & The Clown

by Robert Louis Stevenson

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The echoing bridge you here may see, The pouring lynn, the waving tree, The eager angler fresh from town⁠— Above, the contumelious clown. The angler plies his line and rod, The clodpole stands with many a nod⁠— With many a nod and many a grin, He sees him cast his engine in.
“What have you caught?” the peasant cries.
“Nothing as yet,” the Fool replies.

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