Ontario Readers Third Book, The

<h2><SPAN name="April" id="April"></SPAN>A SONG FOR APRIL</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span>List! list! The buds confer.<br/></span> <span>This noonday they've had news of her;<br/></span> <span>The south bank has had views of her;<br/></span> <span>The thorn shall exact his dues of her;<br/></span> <span class="i1">The willows adream<br/></span> <span class="i1">By the freshet stream<br/></span> <span>Shall ask what boon they choose of her.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span>Up! up! The world's astir;<br/></span> <span>The would-be green has word of her;<br/></span> <span>Root and germ have heard of her,<br/></span> <span class="i1">Coming to break<br/></span> <span class="i1">Their sleep and wake<br/></span> <span>Their hearts with every bird of her.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span>See! see! How swift concur<br/></span> <span>Sun, wind, and rain at the name of her,<br/></span> <span>A-wondering what became of her;<br/></span> <span>The fields flower at the flame of her;<br/></span> <span class="i1">The glad air sings<br/></span> <span class="i1">With dancing wings<br/></span> <span>And the silvery shrill acclaim of her.<br/></span></div> </div> <p class="citation"><span class="smcap">Charles G.&nbsp;D. Roberts</span></p> <div class="figcenter"><SPAN name="image02" id="image02"></SPAN> <SPAN href="images/image2.jpg"> <ANTIMG src="images/image2-th.jpg" width-obs="226" height-obs="289" alt="ALEXANDRA THE QUEEN MOTHER" title="ALEXANDRA THE QUEEN MOTHER" /></SPAN> <p class="caption">ALEXANDRA<br/>THE QUEEN MOTHER</p> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />