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APRIL 



QUOTATIONS FOR APRIL 



The first of April, some do say, 

 Is set apart for AH Fool's day ; 

 But why the people 'call It so 

 Nor I, nor they t! do know. 



Poor Robin's Almanac. 



April cold with dropping rain 

 Willows and lilacs bring again, 



dstle of returning birds 

 And trumpet-lowjng of the herds. 



Emerson. 



Dare to be true ; nothing can need a 



lie; 

 A fault which needs it most, grows 



two thereby. Herbert. 



April is here! 



Listen, a bluebird is caroling near! 

 Low and sweet is the song he sings. 

 As he sits in the sunshine with folded 

 wings. Rex ford. 



If a task is once begun. 



leave it till it's done; 

 Be the labor great or small, 

 Do it well, or not at all. 



Phoebe Gary. 



I have found violets, April hath come 



on, 

 And the cool winds feel softer, and the 



rain 

 Falls in the beaded drops of summer 



time. Willis. 



I wandered lonely as a cloud 

 That floats on high o'er vales and hills, 

 Wlu-n all at once I saw a crowd, 

 A host of golden daffodils. 



Wordsworth. 



Gladness is born of the April weather. 

 And the heart is as light as a wind- 

 tossed feather. Rexford. 



Now the bright crocus flames, and now 



'im narcissus takes the rain, 

 And, straying o'er the mountain's brow. 

 The daffodillies bud again. Long. 



ifl then be up and doing, 

 With a in-art for any fate; 

 Still achieving, still pursuing. 

 Learn to labor and to wait. 



Longfellow. 



A gush of bird song, a patter of dew, 



id and a rainbow's warning. 

 Suddenly sunshine and perfect blue- 

 An April day In the morning. 



apoffurd. 



I would rather be right than be Presi- 

 dent. Clay. 



The Ood who gave us life, gave UK 

 liberty at the same time. 



Jefferfon. 



Every tear is answered by a blossom, 



h with songs and laui 



Apple-blooms upon the breeze* toss 



April knows her own and Is cot 



Cooli<; 



15. He who feeds men, serveth few; 

 He serves all, who dares be true. 

 Emerson. 



16. Sweet April showers 

 Do bring May .flowers. 



Tusser. 



17. Truth crushed to earth shall rise again ; 

 The eternal years of God are hers. 



Bryant. 



18. April's coming up the hill! 

 All the spring is in her train, 

 Led by shining ranks of rain. 



Dodge. 



19. that soft time of sunny showers. 



When the wide bloom, on earth that 



lies, 



Seems of a brighter world than ours. 

 Bryant. 



20. Truth is as impossible to be soiled by 

 any outward touch as the sunbeam. 



Milton. 



L'l. Sweet April! many a thought 



Is wedded unto thee, as hearts are wed. 

 Longfellow. 



22. When proud-pied April, dress'd in all 



his trim. 



Has put a spirit of youth in everything. 

 Shakespeare. 



23. If I say that Shakespeare is thegreat- 



<>f intellects, I have said all con- 

 cerning him. Carlyle. 



" 1 . When wake the violets, Winter dies ; 

 When sprout the elm-buds, Spring is 



near ; 



When lilacs blossom. Summer cries, 

 "Bud, little roses, Spring is here." 

 Holmes. 



25. Speak ye every man the truth to his 

 neighbor. Bible. 



26. I hold that man had better be dead 

 Than alive when his work is done. 



Alice Cary. 



27. I propose to flght It out on this line 

 If It takes all summer. Grant. 



28. The sweet hopntlca has heard. 

 And troops of daffodils 



A i.- tin owing kisses to the light. 

 Ami nodding- to the rills. Wi 



(ben, 



29. The Ill-timed truth we might have 



Who knows how sharp It pierced and 



stung? 



word we had not sense to v 

 Who knows how grandly It had rung? 



30. Observe the postage stamp! Its u*e- 



tess depends upon Its a Mir 

 stick to one thing until it : 



Billing*. 



