Pendant La Saison

Monsieur A. P. Decantelle, Director of La Pêche Indépendante, the well-known Paris angling journal, has informed the Irish Tourist body that he will lead a group of French anglers to Ireland at the beginning of June. — Weekly Bulletin of the Department of External Affairs, Dublin.

MESSIEURS, the Irish trout in lough and stream
Bewitched become, and altogether fey,
Feeding in the frenzy of a dream
Pendant la saison de la mouche de mai.

Well-timed, Messieurs, the visit you have planned.
Souvenirs palpitants you’ll bear away,
Of angling in a wild and lovely land,
Pendant la saison de la mouche de mai.

Messieurs, perhaps you’ll feel a little pain
For those, with pole in hand, along the quai,
Seeking the humble gudgeon in the Seine,
Pendant la saison de la mouche de mai.