Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, APRIL'S CHARMS, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES


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First Line: When april scatters coins of primrose gold
Last Line: Of wood that's green and fill a grate with gold.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): April


When April scatters coins of primrose gold
Among the copper leaves in thickets old,
And singing skylarks from the meadows rise,
To twinkle like black stars in sunny skies;

When I can hear the small woodpecker ring
Time on a tree for all the birds that sing;
And hear the pleasant cuckoo, loud and long --
The simple bird that thinks two notes a song;

Then I can hear the woodland brook, that could
Not drown a babe, with all his threatening mood;
Upon whose banks the violets make their home,
And let a few small strawberry blossoms come:

When I go forth on such a pleasant day,
One breath outdoors takes all my care away;
It goes like heavy smoke, when flames take hold
Of wood that's green and fill a grate with gold.





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