Nature
April
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Nature
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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MLA
Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “April.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/174/.
Chicago
Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “April.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/174/.
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