66 EAU DE LYON LINES ON VERSOIX. [PART I. 



The scenery however would alone quite repay the 

 fisherman. The other stream, the " Eau de Lyon," 

 or "London" (as it is sometimes called), joins 

 the Rhone about twelve miles below Geneva. 

 This, also flowing from the Jura in a clear stream, 

 runs, for some miles above the river, through an 

 open country, mostly clothed with juniper, and 

 nearly the whole of it can be, thus far, easily 

 commanded. It abounds with Trout and Gray- 

 ling, but the Trout do not generally run so large 

 there as in the Versoix. 



The following lines a well-merited tribute to 

 the charms of the Versoix were sent me by a 

 friend, with whom I had passed some long-to-be- 

 remembered days by its banks. 



YERSOIX. 



Aye ! many a pleasant day was ours 



Where the crystal Yersoix ran 

 To end its brief, pure, glittering course 



In the bosom of blue Leman. 



There was joy in the fresh clear dawn of day, 



There was joy in the glowing noon, 

 And a deeper joy in our homeward way 



By the light of the quiet moon. 



There was joy in the path 'neath the old oaks' shade. 



Through the wood so calm and cool ; 

 There was joy in the roar of the far cascade, 



There was joy in the deep still pool. 



