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When the warm sun, that brings\n
Seed-time and harvest, has returned again,
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‘T is sweet to visit the still wood, where springs
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The first flower of the plain. <\/p>\n
When the warm sun, that brings
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Seed-time and harvest, has returned again,
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‘T is sweet to visit the still wood, where springs
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The first flower of the plain. <\/p>\n
I love the season well,
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When forest glades are teeming with bright forms,
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Nor dark and many-folded clouds foretell
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The coming-on of storms. <\/p>\n
From the earth’s loosened mould
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The sapling draws its sustenance, and thrives;
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Though stricken to the heart with winter’s cold,
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The drooping tree revives. <\/p>\n
The softly-warbled song
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Comes from the pleasant woods, and colored wings
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Glance quick in the bright sun, that moves along
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The forest openings. <\/p>\n
When the bright sunset fills
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The silver woods with light, the green slope throws
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Its shadows in the hollows of the hills,
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And wide the upland glows. <\/p>\n
And when the eve is born,
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In the blue lake the sky, o’er-reaching far,
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Is hollowed out, and the moon dips her horn,
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And twinkles many a star.<\/p>\n
Inverted in the tide
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Stand the gray rocks, and trembling shadows throw,
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And the fair trees look over, side by side,
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And see themselves below.<\/p>\n
Sweet April! many a thought
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Is wedded unto thee, as hearts are wed;
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Nor shall they fail, till, to its autumn brought,
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Life’s golden fruit is shed. <\/p>\n
“An April Day” by H.W. Longfellow<\/a> When the warm sun, that brings Seed-time and harvest, has returned again, ‘T is sweet to visit the still wood, where springs The first flower of the plain. I love the season well, When forest glades are teeming with bright forms, Nor dark and many-folded clouds foretell The coming-on of storms. From the earth’s loosened … Continue reading Longfellow's April<\/span>
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Photo of sapling by nathansnostalgia\/Flickr<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"