William Basse Quote

The first men that our Saviour dear
Did choose to wait upon him here,
Blest fishers were; and fish the last
Food was, that he on earth did taste:
I therefore strive to follow those
Whom he to follow him hath chose.


'The Angler's Song' (1653)


The first men that our Saviour dear Did choose to wait upon him here, Blest fishers were; and fish the last Food was, that he on earth did taste: I...

The first men that our Saviour dear Did choose to wait upon him here, Blest fishers were; and fish the last Food was, that he on earth did taste: I...

The first men that our Saviour dear Did choose to wait upon him here, Blest fishers were; and fish the last Food was, that he on earth did taste: I...

The first men that our Saviour dear Did choose to wait upon him here, Blest fishers were; and fish the last Food was, that he on earth did taste: I...