142
"This for the birds of pleasure ..."
ii
Festivity
The early morning air at streamside --
criss-crossed, hung
With an intricate lace, then long
streamers, of the birdsong
As I tie on a fresh Royal Wulff ,
size 14.
Note: The quotations at the top of the poems are taken from Isaac Walton's
The Compleat Angler, except for the couplet from John Weever above XVI.