WHY flyest thou away with fear? Trust me there's naught of danger near, I have no wicked hooke All covered with a snaring bait, Alas, to tempt thee to thy fate, And dragge thee from the brooke. O harmless tenant of the flood, I do not wish to spill thy blood, For Nature unto thee Perchance hath given a tender wife, And children dear, to charm thy life, As she hath done for me. Enjoy thy stream, O harmless fish; And when an angler for his dish, Through gluttony's vile sin, Attempts, a wretch, to pull thee out, God give thee strength, O gentle trout, To pull the raskall in! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN ALPINE PICTURE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH LOW BAROMETER by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES TO MY DEAR FRIEND, MR. CONGREVE, ON HIS COMEDY, 'THE DOUBLE-DEALER' by JOHN DRYDEN MEN WHO MARCH AWAY' (SONG OF THE SOLDIERS) by THOMAS HARDY THE WILLOWS by FRANCIS BRET HARTE THE ORACLES by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN |