To swallow gudgeons ere they 're catch'd, And count their c… - Samuel Butler

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To swallow gudgeons ere they 're catch'd,
And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd.

Samuel Butler

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Samuel Butler (February 8 1612 – September 25 1680) was an English satirical poet.

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John Dryden Oliver Goldsmith Alexander Pope Walter Scott Robert Southey

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Some force whole regions, in despite
O' geography, to change their site;
Make former times shake hands with latter,
And that which was before come after.
But those that write in rhyme still make
The one verse for the other's sake;
For one for sense, and one for rhyme,
I think 's sufficient at one time.

These reasons made his mouth to water.

He had got a hurt
O' the inside, of a deadlier sort.

To swallow gudgeons ere they 're catch'd, And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd. - Samuel Butler

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