DEATH IS A FISHERMAN
by: Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
- EATH is
a fisherman, the world we see
- His fish-pond is, and we the fishes be;
- His net some general sickness; howe'er he
- Is not so kind as other fishers be;
- For if they take one of the smaller fry,
- They throw him in again, he shall not die:
- But death is sure to kill all he can get,
- And all is fish with him that comes to net.
"Death is a Fisherman"
is reprinted from Poor Richard's Almanack. September,
1733. |
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