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...THE IYYOB TRANSLATION FROM 'A-15' by LOUIS ZUKOFSKY ON THE RECEIPT OF MY MOTHER'S PICTURE [OUT OF NORFOLK] by WILLIAM COWPER ARIZONA POEMS: 6. RAIN IN THE DESERT by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 50 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN QUATRAIN: THE PARCAE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |