text:  Welcome gentle Stripling Nature's darling thou-- With thy basket full of blossoms A happy welcome now! Aha!--and thou returnest Heartily we greet thee-- The loving and the fair one Merrily we meet thee! Think'st thou of my Maiden In thy heart of glee? I love her yet the Maiden-- And the Maiden yet loves me! For the Maiden many a blossom I begg'd--and not in vain; I came again a-begging And thou--thou giv'st again: Welcome gentle stripling Nature's darling thou-- With thy basket full of blossoms A happy welcome now! * * * * * NATURAL HISTORY OF SALMON AND SEA-TROUT