In clouds of purple afloat upon saffron skies.

MARCH

ED. Now carol the birds at dawn, and some new lay

Announceth a homecome voyager every-day.

Beneath the tufted sallows the streamlet thrills

With the leaping trout and the gleam of the daffodils.

APRIL

BA. Then laugheth the year; with flowers the meads are bright;

The bursting branches are tipped with flames of light: