Salerio. Why, I am sure if he forfeit thou wilt not take his flesh. What's that good for? Shylock. To bait fish withal--if it... will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
For thee, thou need'st no such deceit, For, thou thyself art thine own bait;... That fish, that is not catch'd thereby, Alas, is wiser far than I.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When I was a young girl salmon fishing with my father in the Straits of Juan de Fuca in Washington State I used to lean out over t...he water and try to look past my own face, past the reflection of the boat, past the sun and darkness, down to where the fish were surely swimming. I made up charm songs and word-hopes to tempt the fish, to cause them to mean biting my hook. I believed they would do it if I asked them well and patiently and with the right hope. I am writing my poems like this. I have used the fabric and the people of my life as the bait.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream,... And greedily devour the treacherous bait.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »