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THE MASK by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHEN I COMPLAINED OF APRIL'S DAY
Last Line: AND SHOWED THE WORLD HER LAUGHING EYES.
Subject(s): MASKS;
When I complained of April's day,
Her silent birds, her absent Sun;
And how her mist but added tears
Unto the dew's, that had not gone --

Young April heard and, suddenly,
Came leaping from her strange disguise;
Off came her dark-November mask,
And showed the world her laughing eyes.



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