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The Mask

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The Mask
written by William Henry Davies
From "A Poet's Calendar", 1927 Link to further information




When I complained of April's day,
   Her silent birds, her absent Sun;
And how her mist but added tears
   Unto the dew's, that had not gone -

Young April heard and, suddenly,
   Came leaping from her strange disguise;
Off came her dark-November mask,
   And showed the world her laughing eyes.

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