Ode to April

Ode to April – wiersz irlandzkiego poety i dramaturga Aubrey de Vere’a (1788–1846), ojca Aubreya Thomasa de Vere’a, opublikowany w 1823 w tomiku The Duke of Mercia: an Historical Drama. The Lamentation of Ireland, and Other Poems. Wiersz był wydrukowany również w The Eclectic Review.

Sweet April month! that, like a gentle maid,

Com'st with a changeful look, as half afraid,

With all thy train of buds, young Flora's daughters,

And balsam-breathing airs, and bubbling waters;

Now walking brightly through the sunny hours,

Now, shadowy, hid behind a veil of showers:

Oh! how I love thy blush of delicate bloom,

And that young breath of thine of faint perfume —

Bibliografia

• Aubrey de Vere: The Duke of Mercia: an Historical Drama. The Lamentation of Ireland, an Other Poems. babel.hathitrust.org, 1823. [dostęp 2017-04-16]. (ang.).