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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE HIGH PRICE OF FISH, by WILLIAM COWPER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Cocoa-nut naught
Last Line: And as oft as you please.
Subject(s): Lobsters
First Line: Cocoa-nut naught
Last Line: And as oft as you please.
Subject(s): Lobsters
(TO MRS. NEWTON.)
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 reasonable 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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