The Trout

Name: Dome of Many Coloured Glass - The Trout
Author: Amy Lowell

Naughty little speckled trout,
Can’t I coax you to come out?
Is it such great fun to play
In the water every day?

Do you pull the Naiads’ hair
Hiding in the lilies there?
Do you hunt for fishes’ eggs,
Or watch tadpoles grow their legs?

Do the little trouts have school
In some deep sun-glinted pool,
And in recess play at tag
Round that bed of purple flag?

I have tried so hard to catch you,
Hours and hours I’ve sat to watch you;
But you never will come out,
Naughty little speckled trout!

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Chicago: Amy Lowell, "The Trout," Dome of Many Coloured Glass, ed. Callaway, Morgan, Jr., 1962- in Dome of Many Coloured Glass (New York: George E. Wood, 1850), Original Sources, accessed July 30, 2026, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4SPUPJFLIZFZB4G.

MLA: Lowell, Amy. "The Trout." Dome of Many Coloured Glass, edited by Callaway, Morgan, Jr., 1962-, in Dome of Many Coloured Glass, New York, George E. Wood, 1850, Original Sources. 30 Jul. 2026. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4SPUPJFLIZFZB4G.

Harvard: Lowell, A, 'The Trout' in Dome of Many Coloured Glass, ed. . cited in 1850, Dome of Many Coloured Glass, George E. Wood, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 30 July 2026, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4SPUPJFLIZFZB4G.