Bij april
April Showers door Martin Johnson Heade, 1868
April
The stranger warmth of the young sun obeying,
Look! little beads of green begin to grow,
And hidden flowers have dated their tops to show
Where late such droughty dusts were rudely playing.
It’s not the month, but all the world’s a-maying!
Come then with me, I’ll take you, for I know
Where the first hedgethorns and white windflowers blow:
We two alone,, that goes without the saying.
The month has treacherous clouds and moves in fears.
This April shames the month itself with smiles:
In whose new eyes I know no heaven of tears,
But still serene desire and between whiles,
So great a look that even April’s grace
Makes only marvel at her only face.
Hilaire Belloc (27 juli 1870. – 16 juli 1953)
La Celle-Saint-Cloud, de geboorteplaats van Hilaire Belloc
Zie voor de schrijvers van de 1e april ook mijn vorige blog van vandaag.