Now a smile, and now a frown; Brightening now, and now cast down; Now 'tis cheerful, now it lowers; Yet sunshine in the midst of showers. Now the sky is calm and clear; Now the frowning clouds appear: Evanescent soon they fly; Calm and clear again the sky. Such the face which April wears, Now in smiles, and now in tears; Like the life we lead below, Full of joy, and full of woe. Lovely prospects now arise; Vanish now before our eyes: Yet, amid the clouds of grief, Still a sun-beam sheds relief. Like the face which April wears, Now in smiles, and now in tears. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PARADISE LOST: BOOK 4 by JOHN MILTON THE MEETING OF THE WATERS by THOMAS MOORE TIME TO RISE by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON BEAUTIFUL WOMEN by WALT WHITMAN THE EWE-BUCHTIN'S BONNIE by GRISELL BAILLIE THE HYMNARY: 361. ST. JOHN BAPTIST by BEDE |