Fishing gives you a sense of where

you fit in the scheme of things-

Your place in the universe...

I mean, here I am, one small guy with

a fishing pole on this vast beach,

......and out there in the blue expanse of the ocean

are these hundreds of millions of fish.

.....................................................................................................................laughing at me.

 - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Out Fishin'

 Edgar Guest From "The Path To Home" 1919

 A feller isn't thinkin' mean - Out fishin'

His thoughts are mostly good an' clean - Out fishin'

He doesn't knock his fellow men

Or harbor any grudges then

A feller's at his finest when - Out fishin'

 The rich are comrades to the poor - Out fishin'

All brothers of a common lure - Out fishin'

The urchin with the pin an' string

Can chum with millionaire an' king

Vain pride is a forgotten thing - Out fishin'

A feller gits a chance to dream - Out fishin' 

He learns the beauties of a stream - Out fishin'

An' he can wash his soul in air

That isn't foul with selfish care

An' relish plain and simple fare - Out fishin'

A feller has no time fer hate - Out fishin'

He isn't eager to be great - Out fishin'

He isn't thinkin' thoughts of pelf

Or goods stacked high upon a shelf

But he is always just himself - Out fishin'

A feller's glad to be a friend - Out fishin'

A helpin' hand he'll always lend - Out fishin'

The brotherhood of rod an' line

An' sky and stream is always fine

Men come real close to God's design - Out fishin'

A feller isn't plotting schemes - Out fishin'

He's only busy with his dreams - Out fishin'

His livery is a coat of tan

His creed -to do the best he can

A feller's always mostly man - Out fishin'