Maxioms by John Clare 
                    
        
                
        
	
			 Old April wanes, and her last dewy morn
 Her death-bed steeps in tears; to hail the May
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	 Old April wanes, and her last dewy morn
 Her death-bed steeps in tears; to hail the May
  New blooming blossoms 'neath the sun are born,
   And all poor April's charms are swept away.