Naughty little speckled trout, <br />Can't I coax you to come out? <br />Is it such great fun to play <br />In the water every day? <br /> <br />Do you pull the Naiads' hair <br />Hiding in the lilies there? <br />Do you hunt for fishes' eggs, <br />Or watch tadpoles grow their legs? <br /> <br />Do the little trouts have school <br />In some deep sun-glinted pool, <br />And in recess play at tag <br />Round that bed of purple flag? <br /> <br />I have tried so hard to catch you, <br />Hours and hours I've sat to watch you; <br />But you never will come out, <br />Naughty little speckled trout!<br /><br />Amy Lowell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-trout/
