Religion
The angler rose, he took his rod
From New Poems (1918)
Religion
THE angler rose, he took his rod,
He kneeled and made his prayers to God.
The living God sat overhead:
The angler tripped, the eels were fed
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Stevenson, Robert Louis. “The angler rose, he took his rod.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/stevenson/243/.
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Stevenson, Robert Louis. “The angler rose, he took his rod.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/stevenson/243/.
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