Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, EVERYBODY UP, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY


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First Line: Madam april woke one morning
Last Line: Came around the corner!
Subject(s): April; Spring


MADAM April woke one morning
Feeling fresh and sprightly,
Saw a robin strutting round,
Touched the bare earth lightly—

Warm beneath dead leaves and bracken
Sleepers without number
Felt her touch and tried to rise,
Shaking winter from soft eyes,
Still in love with slumber.

Snowdrop, daffodil and crocus,
Wakened willy-nilly,
Scrambled out without their caps,
Found it pleasant—but perhaps
Just a trifle chilly!

In the coppice pussy-willows,
Hooded, grey and furry,
Heard the prisoned brooklet shout:
"I'm awake! please let me out!—"
Heard the frog croak "Hurry!"

Mother trees, protesting, murmured
"Why is youth so daring?
I can't keep my buds in bed—
They will catch cold-in-the-head,
After all my caring!"

No one listened—youth as ever,
Needed none to warn her—
Every growing, living thing
Stood tip-toe—and just then, Spring
Came around the corner!





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