Poem by Henry Kirke White

Sonnet to April

Emblem of life! see changeful April sail
In varying vest along the shadowy skies,
Now bidding summer's softest zephyrs rise,
Anon recalling winter's stormy gale,
And pouring from the cloud her sudden hail;
Then, smiling through the tear that dims her eyes,
While Iris with her braid the welkin dyes,
Promise of sunshine, not so prone to fail.
So, to us, sojourners in life's low vale,
The smiles of fortune flatter to deceive,
While still the fates the web of misery weave.
So Hope exultant spreads her a?ry sail,
And from the present gloom the soul conveys
To distant summers and far happier days.

1. Lines Supposed to Be Spoken by a Lover at the Grave of His Mistress
2. To an Early Primrose
3. Lines Written on a Survey of the Heavens in the Morning before Daybreak
4. My Study
5. Description of a Summer’s Eve

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