Poem by William Cowper

On the High Price of Fish

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. 

1. No Sorrow Peculiar to the Sufferer
2. By Philemon
3. Abuse of the Gospel
4. The Cantab
5. The Christian

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