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SPRING FROM A WINDOW: FOREBODING by HAZEL HALL

First Line: HOW SHALL I KEEP APRIL
Last Line: WHEN MY SONGS ARE OLD?
Subject(s): APRIL; SPRING;

How shall I keep April
When my songs are done --
How can I be silent
And still feel the sun?

I, who dreaded silence,
I, who April-long
Kept my heart from breaking
With the cry of song.

How can I hold sunlight
In my hands, like gold,
And bear the pain of silence
When my songs are old?



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