188 VARIOUS REMARKS ON THE 



Enjoy thy stream, oh 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, oh gentle trout, 



To pull the rascal in." 



" TO ANGLERS. 



take away that wily treacherous hook ! 

 Why are the harmless tenants of the brook 



Secure, poor things, till now amongst each other- 

 To be of cold barbarity the sport ? 

 Perhaps each fish that from the flood you court 



May mourn its parents kind a sister brother ! 



It makes HUMANITY, sweet maiden ! weep 

 To see the wanton sportives of the deep 



Torn from the pleasures of their silv'ry bed ; 

 It makes her sigh to mark the dipping float 

 The hidden captive's agony denote, 



And all its little social comforts fled. 



1 love to see the gudgeon and the bream 

 Thread the wild mazes of their native stream, 



And unmolested thro' each thicket stray ; 

 I love to see the dace, in shining pride, 

 Now rush arnid the fierce impetuous tide, 



And now upon the tempting surface play. 



