Near the End of April

Near the End of April

By William Stanley Braithwaite

Near the end of April
On the verge(vərj) of May—
And o my heart, the woods were dusk
At the close of day.

Half a word was spoken
Out of half a dream,
And God looked in my soul and saw
A dawn(dôn) rise and gleam(ɡlēm).

Near the end of April
Twenty Mays have met,
And half a word and half a dream
Remember and forget.

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