The Hesperides & Noble Numbers/Hesperides/The Succession of the Four Sweet Months

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The Succession of the Four Sweet Months1898Robert Herrick (1591-1674)
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70. THE SUCCESSION OF THE FOUR SWEET MONTHS.

First, April, she with mellow showers
Opens the way for early flowers;
Then after her comes smiling May,
In a more rich and sweet array;
Next enters June, and brings us more
Gems than those two that went before:
Then (lastly) July comes, and she
More wealth brings in than all those three.

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