The water is the fish's element; <br />Take her from thence, none can her death prevent; <br />And some have said, who have transgressors been, <br />As good not be, as to be kept from sin. <br /> <br />2. <br /> <br />The water is the fish's element: <br />Leave her but there, and she is well content. <br />So's he, who in the path of life doth plod, <br />Take all, says he, let me but have my God. <br /> <br />3. <br /> <br />The water is the fish's element, <br />Her sportings there to her are excellent; <br />So is God's service unto holy men, <br />They are not in their element till then.<br /><br />John Bunyan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/upon-the-fish-in-the-water/
