APRIL JESTING.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1702, 2 June 1883, Page 4

APRIL JESTING.

I heard tno robins singing in the wood, One April day. , And what they said my heart well understood, That April day ; •1 0 love is tweet through all tho busy daytime ! O lovo is true in winter and in May-time !' But thon, you know, tho hour was Folly's playtime. i ' 'T\yas April day. And I, to keep in tune the merry birds, That April day, Sang with them thoughtlessly some foolish words— ' Twas April day ; " My love is fair, I could not help but choose him ; My love is wise, O what could I refuse ,him, This April day ? " Yet should he hear me sing, let him beware— 'Tis April day, The token that he sends— O yes, I kiss it j And if he sends it not, I sorely miss it ; But promise, sonjr or kiss, now pray what is it, On April day ?" Singing and laughing through the woods I came, That April day ? Until a clear, strong voice sang back again, O April day I This girl of smiles and tears, this little rover, "With pleasant jest ings does her licit t discos or, Thy mirth is wisdom ; I, hoi happy lovei ; Thou, April— May. He clasped my hand and through the woods we went Th.it April day, Singing like robins in am glad Lontcut — That Apnl (lay, O golden sunshine, and O silver raining ' O earnest jesting, andO sweet complaining ' Two happy hearts stood watching daylight's waning, That April day.