Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FIRST OF APRIL, by EDWARD JAMES MORTIMER COLLINS First Line: Now if to be an april - fool Last Line: We are april-fools, my love and I. Alternate Author Name(s): Collins, Mortimer Subject(s): April | ||||||||
Now if to be an April-fool Is to delight in the song of the thrush, To long for the swallow in air's blue hollow, And the nightingale's riotous music-gush, And to paint a vision of cities Elysian Out away in the sunset-flush Then I grasp my flagon and swear thereby, We are April-fools, my Love and I. And if to be an April-fool Is to feel contempt for iron and gold, For the shallow fame at which most men aim And to turn from worldlings cruel and cold To God in his splendor, loving and tender, And to bask in his presence manifold Then by all the stars in his infinite sky, We are April-fools, my Love and I. | 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 IF by EDWARD JAMES MORTIMER COLLINS |
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