Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art.

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Other. I love dear old Izaak Walton. Walton in literature
Walton has appeared in several works of literature:
Charles Lamb in his letter to Samuel Taylor Coleridge recommends Walton's Compleat Angler: "It breathes the very spirit of innocence purity and simplicity of the heart.

Best known as the author of The Compleat Angler he also wrote a number of short biographies that have been collected under the title of Walton's Lives.