SONGS for CHILDREN, SONG V

The fish that wild sports thro' the book, Thinks the pleasures of life are his own; But when he's once caught on the hook, Alas! all those pleasures are gone.

The angler too sure plies the bait, Contriv'd to deprive him of breath; In sport see he swallows his fate, And his pleasures are ended in death.

And such is the fate of the child, From his parents who wildly will run; Altho' by false pleasure beguil'd, At last he is lost and undone.