Near The End Of April
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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.
~William Stanley Braithwaite.
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