WHEN glassy lakes and streams about
The Brownies stood by water clear
As shades of evening gathered near.
Said one: "Now country lads begin
To trim the rod and bend the pin
To catch the frogs and minnows spry
While city chaps with reels come down,
And line enough to gird the town,
Than ever Mother Nature knew—
With horns like crickets, tails like mice,
Thus well prepared for sunny sky
Or cloudy weather, wet or dry,
They take the fish from stream and pool
By native art and printed rule."
Another said: "With peeping eyes
I've watched an angler fighting flies,
And thought, when thus he stood to bear
The torture from those pests of air,
There must indeed be pleasure fine
Behind the baited hook and line.
Now, off like arrows from the bow
In search of tackle some must go;
While others stay to dig supplies
Of bait that anglers highly prize,—
The dace, the chub, and 'shiner' out;
Then some with speed for tackle start,
And some to sandy banks depart,
And some uplift a stone or rail
While more in dewy meadows draw
Nor is it long before the band
Stands ready for the sport in hand.
It seemed the time of all the year
When fish the starving stage were near:
They rose to straws and bits of bark,
To bubbles bright and shadows dark,
Some Brownies many trials met
Almost before their lines were wet;
For stones below would hold them fast,
And limbs above would stop the cast,
And hands be forced to take a rest,
At times when fish were biting best.
Some stumbled in above their boots,
And others spoiled their finest suits;
But fun went on; for many there
Had hooks that seemed a charm to bear,
On every side were gathered in.
And nerve as well as time it took
From such a maw to win the hook.
And life that seemed to stick and stay,
Like antlered stag that stands at bay,
He lay and eyed the Brownie band,
And threatened every reaching hand.
The gamy bass, when playing fine,
Oft tried the strength of hook and line,
And strove an hour before his mind
To changing quarters was resigned.
And, like a fortune won with ease,
They slipped through fingers by degrees,
In spite of half a dozen hands.
The hungry, wakeful birds of air
Soon gathered 'round to claim their share,
On fish of every stripe and scale.
Thus sport went on with laugh and shout,
As hooks went in and fish came out,
While more escaped with wounded gill,
And yards of line they're trailing still;
But day at length began to break,
And forced the Brownies from the lake.
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1 bass | |
n.男低音(歌手);低音乐器;低音大提琴 | |
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2 trout | |
n.鳟鱼;鲑鱼(属) | |
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3 brooks | |
n.小溪( brook的名词复数 ) | |
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4 eels | |
abbr. 电子发射器定位系统(=electronic emitter location system) | |
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5 hue | |
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羽毛( plume的名词复数 ); 羽毛饰; 羽毛状物; 升上空中的羽状物 | |
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n.鳍;(飞机的)安定翼 | |
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8 pout | |
v.撅嘴;绷脸;n.撅嘴;生气,不高兴 | |
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9 locust | |
n.蝗虫;洋槐,刺槐 | |
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n.蝗虫( locust的名词复数 );贪吃的人;破坏者;槐树 | |
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11 thorny | |
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12 snail | |
n.蜗牛 | |
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14 concealed | |
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16 catfish | |
n.鲶鱼 | |
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17 croaks | |
v.呱呱地叫( croak的第三人称单数 );用粗的声音说 | |
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18 pointed | |
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