1586. April-and Dying by Anne Reeve Aldrich. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

1586. April—and Dying

By Anne Reeve Aldrich


GREEN blood fresh pulsing through the trees,
Blacks buds, that sun and shower distend;
All other things begin anew,
But I must end.

Warm sunlight on faint-colored sward,	5
Warm fragrance in the breezes’ breath;
For other things art heat and life,
For me is death.