4 4 \ T ow> v ’ hen the first foul torrent of the brooks > 
Swell’d with the vernal rains, is ebb’d away, 
And, whitening, down their mossy-tinctured stream 
Descends the billowy foam; now is the time 
To tempt the trout. The well-dissembled fly, 
The rod fine-tapering with elastic spring, 
Snatch’d from the hoary steed the floating line, 
And afl thy s’ender watery stores prepare.” 
