Now a smile, and now a frown; Brightening now, and now cast down; Now 'tis cheerful, now it lowers; Yet sunshine in the midst of showers. Now the sky is calm and clear; Now the frowning clouds appear: Evanescent soon they fly; Calm and clear again the sky. Such the face which April wears, Now in smiles, and now in tears; Like the life we lead below, Full of joy, and full of woe. Lovely prospects now arise; Vanish now before our eyes: Yet, amid the clouds of grief, Still a sun-beam sheds relief. Like the face which April wears, Now in smiles, and now in tears. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHANGE by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS NATURE; SONNET by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW SIC VITA by HENRY DAVID THOREAU HYMN TO SCIENCE by MARK AKENSIDE WATER WOMAN by JOSEPH AUSLANDER ON BEING ASKED IF ONE WAS A NUMBER, REPLY TO MR. HOUGHTON by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD HOPE DEFERRED by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON |