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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG OF A SECOND APRIL, by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: April this year, not otherwise Last Line: You that alone I cared to keep. Alternate Author Name(s): Boyd, Nancy; Boissevain, Eugen, Mrs. Subject(s): April | |||
APRIL this year, not otherwise Than April of a year ago, Is full of whispers, full of sighs, Of dazzling mud and dingy snow; Hepaticas that pleased you so Are here again, and butterflies. There rings a hammering all day, And shingles lie about the doors; In orchards near and far away The grey wood-pecker taps and bores; And men are merry at their chores, And children earnest at their play. The larger streams run still and deep, Noisy and swift the small brooks run Among the mullein stalks the sheep Go up the hillside in the sun, Pensively, -- only you are gone, You that alone I cared to keep. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FOR CITY SPRING by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET ESSAY ON STONE by HAYDEN CARRUTH APRIL NOT AN INVENTORY BUT A BLIZZARD by ALICE NOTLEY APRIL ONE by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER APRIL by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS MEMORY OF APRIL by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS APRIL MORTALITY by LEONIE ADAMS AFTERNOON ON A HILL by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY |
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