By Melville Cane
When I was rich in April
They robbed me of an hour,
But, having many, many,
It was plucking one flower,
Or stealing one penny.
Brooks poured fast,
Flowers pushed thickly,
Hours slid past,—
All too quickly.
But brooks drain thin,
Flowers dry seedy,
Light draws in,
Now I'm needy.
The thief must have learned it
And, giving no warning,
Mysteriously returned it
One crisp morning.
When I was rich in April
Before the early leaves,
Long before this ditty,
I never thought of thieves,
Or that thieves felt pity.
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