"Near the End of April" by William Stanley Braithwaite

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April 18, 2021 

Near the End of April


William Stanley Braithwaite

Near the end of April
    On the verge 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 rise and gleam.

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

This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on April 18, 2021, by the Academy of American Poets.

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“Near the End of April” appeared in Lyrics of Life and Love (H.B. Turner & Co., 1904).

William Stanley Braithwaite, born December 6, 1878, was a poet, literary critic, editor, and anthologist. His books include Selected Poems (Coward-McCann, 1948), The House of Falling Leaves with Other Poems (John W. Luce & Company, 1908), and Lyrics of Life and Love (Herbert B. Turner & Company, 1904). He died in Harlem, New York, on June 8, 1962. 

Lyrics of Life and Love
(H.B. Turner & Co., 1904)

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