Fish

Fish written by Walter de la Mare

Stuff and Nonsense (1927)

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In June, it must be very nice
To bask about a block of ice -
And watch the World go broiling by
Under a hot and windless sky;
Then turn aside, and, sniffing, see
Perennial mounds of shrimps for tea;
How genial, too, when fancying dab,
To slip one from ones' marble slab;
Or, when the stars begin to twinkle,
To broach an unofficial winkle;
Or to descend in morning slipper,
And not to have to buy a kipper.
This must be very pleasant, and
As pleasant, too, to understand,
When you have cod - are dining off it -
You're only eating so much profit.
Solacing thoughts like these must stir
The musings of the Fishmonger.

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