| James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902. | | | | April 1 | | Madcap April | | By Tudor Jenks (1857–1922) |
| | | UNMANNERED March hath many a prank | |
| With buffetings, but yet is frank | |
| Who deals with Mars expects but blows; | |
| And waxing old he milder grows. | |
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| A roguish sprite of Fickle mind | 5 |
| Young April comes; for she doth bind | |
| Her scanty flowers in posies sweet | |
| To throw them slyly at our feet. | |
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| Then as we think to seize the prize, | |
| It vanishes before our eyes; | 10 |
| And April’s fools, thus lured with flowers, | |
| Are sprinkled with quick, mocking showers. | | | | |
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