Song: From ‘The Compleat Angler’

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Song: From ‘The Compleat Angler’

Poet(s)

Chalkhill, John

Credits

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DVPP Project Team

Source

Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 137:834, 498–499, April 1885.

First line

“Oh, the gallant fisher’s life”

Related poems

Linked as a series in the same issue

An Angler’s Garland. The Angler’s April
The Angler’s Wish

Notes and attribution research

The poet’s name is given as Jo. Chalkhill, whose song was originally part of Izaak Walton’s The Compleat Angler (1653). The Blackwood’s publication of the song includes a Latin translation by J. P. M. (KF)

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Numeric id of this poem in the DVPP collection: 8851

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Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry

Song: From ‘The Compleat Angler’