Guy Wetmore Carryl

“ Devoured the trout with much eagerness,
Avowing no dish could compare with that fish,
Notwithstanding his singular meagreness.
And The Moral, you’ll find, is although it is kind
To grant favors that people are wishing for,
Still a dinner you’ll lack if you chance to throw back
In the pool little trout that you’re fishing for;
If their pleading you spurn you will certainly learn
That herbs will deliciously vary ’em:
It is needless to state that a trout on a plate
Beats several in the aquarium. ”