Trout Fishing
by
Mrs. Eunice B Lamberton
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Give me a rod of the split bamboo,
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a rainy day and a fly or two,
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a mountain stream where the eddies play,
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and mists hang low o'er the winding way,
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Give me a haunt by the furling brook,
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A hidden spot in a mossy nook,
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No sound save hum of the drowsy bee,
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or lone bird's tap on the hollow tree.
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The world may roll with it's busy throng,
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And phantom scenes on it's way along,
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It's stocks may rise, or it's stocks may fall,
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Ah! What care I for it's baubles all?
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I cast my fly o'er the troubled rill,
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Luring the beauties by magic skill,
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With mind at rest and a heart at ease,
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And drink delight at the balmy breeze.
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A lusty trout to my glad surprise,
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Speckled and bright on the crest arise,
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Then splash and plunge in a dazzling whirl,
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Hope springs anew as the wavelets curl.
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Gracefully swinging from left to right,
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Action so gentle- motion so slight,.
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Tempting, enticing, on craft intent,
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Till yielding tip by the game is bent
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Drawing in slowly, then letting go
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Under the ripples where mosses grow
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Doubting my fortune, lost in a dream,
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Blessing the land of forest and stream.
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Rochester, N.Y.
December fifteenth, 1873 us- DO NOT STEAL ** **Trout Fishing Poem by Eunice B. Lamberton- Please link to us- DO NOT STEAL **
These lines were written on the spur of the moment at the famous pool midway between Martin's and Bartlett's on the Saranac River- Adirondacks- As Mr. Lamberton "with split bamboo and a fly or two" whipped the water. -A. B. Lamberton
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