On The High Price Of Fish
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
Cocoa-nut naught,
Fish too dear,
None must be bought,
For us that are here:
No lobster on earth,
That ever I saw,
To me would be worth
Sixpence a claw.
So dear madam, wait
Till fish can be got
At a reas'nable rate
Whether lobster or not;
Till the French and the Dutch
Have quitted the seas,
And then send as much
And as oft as you please.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 332 |
Words | 70 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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