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Lady April


So, April, here thou art again,
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  Thou pretty pretty lady!
With broidered skirts of sun-kissed rain—
  A grown-up girl already!
Thy sister May
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Is on her way,
  And June, with tresses shady;
But, of the three,
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I love best thee—
  Thou pretty pretty lady!

Thou hauntest all the sobering year,
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  With echoes of thy laughter;
And life is nought till thou appear,
  And but remembrance after.
Though Autumn's yield
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From garth and field
  Run o'er from floor to rafter,
Thy wild-rose breast
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Haunts all the rest,
  And makes it poor with laughter.







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