Paul Laurence Dunbar,
The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar…
(1913)
“ 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, Then would I seek the bays and brooks. ”
