Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GOLD, by MARY S. WOTKYNS


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First Line: Young april is spending her punctual gold
Last Line: Lo! April passed me by ...
Subject(s): April


Young April is spending her punctual gold
In garden and swamp and lea;
After dark days of frost and cold,
I would a mendicant be.

Following after with empty sack
To gather from her largesse
Enough to warm me when winter comes;
Season of my duress.

Crocus, dandelion, daffodil,
Spice-bush and marigold,
Flowering currant, forsythia,
Beauty and wealth untold.

Golden song of the hermit thrush;
Gold in the sunset sky
While listening and gazing with bated breath.
Lo! April passed me by ...





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