PagineApril
by Sara Teasdale
From Rivers to the Sea (1915)
The roofs are shining from the rain,
The sparrows twitter as they fly,
And with a windy April grace
The little clouds go by.
Yet the back-yards are bare and brown
With only one unchanging tree—
I could not be so sure of Spring
Save that it sings in me.
This poem is in the public domain. Source text: Project Gutenberg.