Living
The Imperious Angler
From The Book of Joyous Children (1902)
Living
Miss Medairy Dory-Ann
Cast her line and caught a man,
But when he looked so pleased, alack!
She unhooked and plunked him back.--
"I never like to catch what I can,"
Said Miss Medairy Dory-Ann.
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MLA
Riley, James Whitcomb. “The Imperious Angler.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/342/.
Chicago
Riley, James Whitcomb. “The Imperious Angler.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/342/.
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