John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2342 Izaak Walton 1593-1683 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2342 |
| AUTHOR: | Izaak Walton (1593–1683) |
| QUOTATION: | Oh, the gallant fisher’s life! It is the best of any; ’T is full of pleasure, void of strife, And ’t is beloved by many. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Angler. (John Chalkhill.) 1 |
| Note 1. In 1683, the year in which he died, Walton prefixed a preface to a work edited by him: “Thealma and Clearchus, a Pastoral History, in smooth and easy verse; written long since by John Chalkhill Esq., an acquaintant and friend of Edmund Spenser.” Chalkhill,—a name unappropriated, a verbal phantom, a shadow of a shade. Chalkhill is no other than our old piscatory friend incognito.—Zouch: Life of Walton. [back] |