Classic and Contemporary Poetry
APRIL, by EFFIE WALLER SMITH Poet's Biography First Line: Beautiful april! Sweet month of the spring! Last Line: First a smile, then a frown, and next a tear. Subject(s): April; Flowers; Spring | ||||||||
Beautiful April! sweet month of the Spring! Mirth, joy and sunshine with thee thou dost bring; Garlands of bright and beautiful flowers, Gentle, cool, pleasant, refreshing showers, And the budding woods with bird-music ring. The brooklet which so long has been icebound Now ripples a gentle, musical sound; From hillsides the snow has melted away Where the bluebird now sings his roundelay, And where violets and daisies surround. Blithe swallows flit and dart through the barn; Lithe lambkins play in the sunshine warm; Every creature and thing seems glad and new; The days they are growing longer, too, And seed-time again has returned on the farm. But April! O April! why are you, dear, So changeful, capricious, and so queer? Now you bring a hurried shower of rain, Next moment the sun is shining again, -- First a smile, then a frown, and next a tear. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPRING LEMONADE by TONY HOAGLAND A SPRING SONG by LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN SPRING'S RETURN by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SPRING IN WINTER by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES SPRING ON THE PRAIRIE by HERBERT BATES THE FARMER'S BOY: SPRING by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD A GOOD-BYE by EFFIE WALLER SMITH |
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