To smoke a herring is to make
A most lam-en-table mistake,
Particularly since there are
The pipe-fish and the long Sea-gar.
Bear this in mind when next you wish
To smoke your after-dinner fish.
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The Pipe-fish. The Sea-gar. · Robert Williams Wood · Poetry Cove