April

Swelling bud and fond suggestion,Wafting of perfume,Tearful rapture, thrilling questionOf restraint or bloom,Life all dreamlessly asleeping,As in death, but now,Upward to the sunshine creeping,—April, that is thou!

Mystery's authentic dwelling,Faith's expanding wing,Maiden loveliness foretellingFuller blossoming,Prophet of the new creation,Priestess of the bough,Month of the imagination,—April, that is thou!