Eagle and Salmon + 

Wilmot of fish culture fame, + 

To this tale he lends his name, + 

A pair of eagles built their nest + 

On a lofty pine tree’s crest. + 

And therein they regular rear + 

A brood of young year after year, + 

One day he saw one leave its nest, + 

When for food it was in quest. + 

It did wing its flight on high, + 

And then on water cast its eye, + 

When it quickly did discover + 

A great salmon in the river. + 

Like lightning flash down it doth sweep + 

And its talons it buries deep, + 

In salmon of enormous size + 

He trys to rise in air with prize. + 

But all in vain he quickly found + 

He could not carry thirty pound, + 

And had bit more than he could chew + 

For in the air no more he flew. + 

Wilmot he did gaze with wonder + 

At the spot where he went under, + 

Resolved to know what was the matter + 

He poled his boat o’er the water. + 

And he looked down and there he found + 

That the eagle it was drowned, + 

And its wings in part outspread, + 

But alas it was quite dead. + 

With grappling hook he drew him out, + 

But attached to him was monster trout, + 

Eagle could not extract his claws, + 

And this the death of both did cause. + 