BAPTISM OF THE BROOK TROUT. 



I AM Salmo Fontinalis, 

 To the sparkling fountain born. 

 And my home is where oxalis. 

 Heather bell and rose adorn 

 The crystal basin in the dell, 

 (Undine the wood-nymph knows it well,) 

 That is where I love to dwell. 



There was I baptized and christened, 



'Neath the sombre aisles of oak. 

 Mute the cascade paused and listened. 

 Never a word the brooklet spoke ; 

 Bobolink was witness then. 

 Likewise Ousel, Linnet, Wren, 

 And all the brownies joined " amen." 



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