The loiterer upon the bridge

Which o’er the eddying river poises

Salutes the island’s sandy ridge

That reappears; the eye rejoices

In all the old familiar frills

And saucy spills of rippling rills.

The rod and reel the rapture feel

And from the boat take finny chances,

But less for luck than with the keel

To be a part of runic dances;