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In the brown depths the trout are lying, and over the 

 smooth surface the burnished dragon-fly, in his hot 

 youth the tyrant of the water and now for a space the 

 terror of the air, skims lightly, 



"And tilts against the field, 

 And down the listed sunbeam rides resplendent 

 With steel-blue mail and shield." 



THE KINGFISHER'S HAUNT. 



Little islands that just show above the stream, and 

 the brown fringe of sand that skirts the shore, bear the 

 marks of many a water-loving bird and beast. 



This is a lazy stream. 



"Never schoolboy in his quest 

 After hazel-nut or nest, 

 Through the forest in and out 

 Wandered loitering thus about." 



