On The High Price Of Fish

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h3>ON THE HIGH PRICE OF FISH.</h3> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Cocoa-nut naught,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Fish too dear,<br/></span> <span class="i0">None must be bought<br/></span> <span class="i0">For us that are here:<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">No lobster on earth,<br/></span> <span class="i0">That ever I saw,<br/></span> <span class="i0">To me would be worth<br/></span> <span class="i0">Sixpence a claw.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">So, dear madam, wait<br/></span> <span class="i0">Till fish can be got<br/></span> <span class="i0">At a reas'nable rate,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Whether lobster or not;<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Till the French and the Dutch<br/></span> <span class="i0">Have quitted the seas,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And then send as much<br/></span> <span class="i0">And as oft as you please.<br/></span></div> </div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />