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The Day before April
The day before April
Alone, alone,
I walked
in the woods
And I sat on a stone.
I sat on a broad stone
And sang to the birds.
The tune was God's
making
But I made the words.
From: Rittenhouse, Jessie B.
The Second Book of Modern Verse (1919).
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This collection assembled by Jone Johnson Lewis.
Collection © 1999-2002 Jone Johnson Lewis.
Citing poems from these pages:
| Author. "Poem Title." Women's History: Poems by Women. Jone Johnson Lewis, editor. URL: (date of logon) |

