Classic and Contemporary Poetry
APRIL, by KATHARINE TYNAN Poet's Biography First Line: A black north wind that chills Last Line: When I was young! Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan Subject(s): April; Country Life; Memory; Nature; Spring; Youth | ||||||||
A BLACK North Wind that chills New leaves and songs scarce sung; It was not so in Aprils When I was young. Thrush-notes and blackbird-trill The blossomy boughs among; All in the leafy Aprils When I was young. Showers on the heavenly hills Rainbow and silver hung; Such tears and smiles were April's When I was young. Small streams and babbling rills, Green ways where gossamers swung; The young lambs leaped in Aprils When I was young. Daisies and daffodils, Primroses newly sprung; Fragrant and fresh the Aprils When I was young. Here in this town that kills, The heart for cold is wrung. It's O for the happy Aprils When I was young! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BETWEEN THE WARS by ROBERT HASS THE GOLDEN SHOVEL by TERRANCE HAYES ALONG WITH YOUTH by ERNEST HEMINGWAY THE BLACK RIVIERA by MARK JARMAN |
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