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“No Winter lasts forever, no Spring skips its turn. April is a promise that May is bound to keep, and we know it.”

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Hal Borland was an American author known for his profound insights into nature and his beautiful prose. His works often depict the life and natural landscapes of the American countryside with concise and profound language. more

“How many million Aprils came before I ever knew how white a cherry bough could be, a bed of squills, how blue And many a dancing April when life is done with me, will lift the blue flame of the flower and the white flame of the tree Oh burn me with your beauty then, oh hurt me tree and flower, lest in the end death try to take even this glistening hour.”

Trying Ends Done Life Is Hours Hurt White Millions Tree Flower Bed Spring Blue Dancing Lifts Flames April Hurt Me Cherries

Book:Flame and Shadow

Source: Flame and Shadow

“All the wild sweetness of the flower Tangled against the wall. It was that magic, silent hour.... The branches grew so tall They twined themselves into a bower. The sun shown ... and the fall Of yellow blossom on the grass! You feel that golden rain? Both of you could not hold, alas, (both of you tried, in vain) A memory, stranger. So I pass.... It will not come again.”

Feels Fall Hours Memories Sun Magic Flower Wall Grew Spring Rain Silent Stranger Golden Vain Grass Branches Tall Yellow Sweetness Alas Tangled

Book:The Katherine Mansfield notebooks

Source: The Katherine Mansfield notebooks

“For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.”

“We need spring. We need it desperately, and, usually, we need it before God is willing to give it to us.”

Needs Giving Willing Spring April Springtime

Author:Peter Gzowski

“That age is best which is the first When youth and blood are warmer.”

Firsts Age Blood Youth Spring April Springtime Rosebuds Rose Buds

Book:Hesperides: The Poems and Other Remains of Robert Herrick Now First Collected

Source: Hesperides: The Poems and Other Remains of Robert Herrick Now First Collected

“'Tis spring; come out to ramble The hilly brakes around, For under thorn and bramble About the hollow ground The primroses are found. And there's the windflower chilly With all the winds at play, And there's the Lenten lily That has not long to stay And dies on Easter day.”

Long Play Dies Found Wind Spring Easter Hollow April Springtime Lilies Brake Chilly Easter Day Lenten

Book:A Shropshire Lad

Source: A Shropshire Lad

“Through primrose tufts, in that green bower, The periwinkle trails its wreath; And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. The birds around me hopped and played, Their thoughts I cannot measure; But the least motion which they made, It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the breezy air; And I must think, do all I can That there was pleasure there. If this belief from heaven be sent, If such be Nature's holy plan, Have I not reason to lament What man has made of man?”

Ifs Thinking Men Made I Can Reason Belief Heaven Enjoy Pleasure Plans Air Fans Flower Holy Spring Bird Green Spread Breathe Made It Thrill Trails Lament Twigs Wreaths Breezy Periwinkle

Author:William Wordsworth

“Winter's done, and April's in the skies, Earth, look up with laughter in your eyes!”

Looks Done Eye Earth Sky Spring Laughter Winter Look Up April Springtime

Author:Charles G.D. Roberts

“No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatans know everything and understand nothing.”

Knows Should Doe Literature Psychology Fool Psychologist Fake People Charlatans

Author:Anton Chekhov

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