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A YEAR'S CAROLS: APRIL by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE

Poet Analysis

First Line: CROWNED APRIL, KING WHOSE KISS BADE EARTH
Last Line: PRAISE HIM, THE FLOWER OF ALL THY FLOWERS.
Subject(s): APRIL; FLOWERS; SEASONS;
Crowned April, king whose kiss bade earth
Bring forth to time her lordliest birth
When Shakespeare from thy lips drew breath
And laughed to hold in one soft hand
A spell that bade the world's wheel stand,
And power on life, and power on death,
With quiring suns and sunbright showers
Praise him, the flower of all thy flowers.



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