Nature

April

by Algernon Charles Swinburne 1837–1909

From Astrophel and Other Poems

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.

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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