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IN APRIL

WHAT tidings hath the swallow heard,
That bid her leave the lands of Summer
For woods and fields, where April yields
Bleak welcome to the blithe new-comer?
O heart, that hast despaired of Spring,
Learn the sweet lesson of the swallow,
To have no fear, though days be drear,
But sunshine and soft airs must follow!