| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1125. April Fantasie |
| | | By Ellen Mackay Hutchinson Cortissoz |
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| THE FRESH, bright bloom of the daffodils | |
| Makes gold in the garden bed, | |
| Gold that is like the sunbeams | |
| Loitering overhead. | |
| Bloom, bloom | 5 |
| In the sun and the wind,— | |
| April hath a fickle mind. | |
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| The budding twigs of the sweetbrier | |
| Stir as with hope and bliss | |
| Under the sun’s soft glances, | 10 |
| Under the wind’s sly kiss. | |
| Swing, swing | |
| In the sun and the wind,— | |
| April hath a fickle mind. | |
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| May, she calls to her little ones, | 15 |
| Her flowers hiding away, | |
| “Never put off till to-morrow | |
| What you may do to-day. | |
| Come, come | |
| Through the sun and the wind,— | 20 |
| April hath a fickle mind.” | |
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