Dedication + 

to + 

Ferris Greenslet + 

of + 

Ipswich, Massachusetts + 

The trout that haunts the Beaverkill + 

Will flick the same sarcastic tail, + 

When badly struck, as him my skill + 

Would vainly lure from Tweed or Kale. + 

The same old tremor of the Spring + 

Assails the heart of you and me; + 

Nor does the reel less blithely ring + 

By Willowemoc than by Dee. + 

As bright the Ammonoosuc streams + 

Dance through their silent scented woods + 

As those which fill my waking dreams + 

In Hebridean solitudes. + 

Your land, old friend, is one with mine, + 

Whate’er may hap from time or tide, + 

While, with St. Izaak the Divine, + 

We worship at the waterside. + 