<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=477698" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>In August</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">When August days are hot an' dry,<br>When burning copper is the sky,<br>I 'd rather fish than feast or fly<br>In airy realms serene and high.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I 'd take a suit not made for looks,<br>Some easily digested books,<br>Some flies, some lines, some bait, some hooks,<br>Then would I seek the bays and brooks.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I would eschew mine every task,<br>In Nature's smiles my soul should bask,<br>And I methinks no more could ask,<br>Except--perhaps--one little flask.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In case of accident, you know,<br>Or should the wind come on to blow,<br>Or I be chilled or capsized, so,<br>A flask would be the only go.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then could I spend a happy time,--<br>A bit of sport, a bit of rhyme<br>(A bit of lemon, or of lime,<br>To make my bottle's contents prime).</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When August days are hot an' dry,<br>I won't sit by an' sigh or die,<br>I 'll get my bottle (on the sly)<br>And go ahead, and fish, and lie!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Paul+Laurence+Dunbar">Paul Laurence Dunbar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=477698" data-title="In August de Paul Laurence Dunbar" data-description="When August days are hot an' dry, When burning copper is the sky, I 'd rather fish than feast or fly In airy realms serene and high. I 'd take a suit not made for looks, Some easily digested books, Some flies, some lines, some bait, some hooks, T..."></div> </div> </div>

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