April

The birds that sing in the leafy Spring,

With the light of love on each glancing wing,
Have lessons to last you the whole year through;
For what is "Coo! coo! te weet tu whu!"
But, properly rendered, "The wit to woo!"
A wit that brings worship and wisdom too!
Coo! coo! te weet tu whu-

The wit to woo-te weet tu whu!

The verb "to love," in the tongue of the dove,
Heard noon and night in the cedar grove,

Is very soon taught where the heart is true:
For the wit to woo, and the wisdom too,
Lie in the one sweet syllable, “Coo!"
But echo me well, and you learn to woo-
Coo! coo! te weet tu whu-

The wit to woo-te weet tu whu!

WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS

April First

Hidden no longer

In moss-covered ledges,
Starring the wayside,
Under the hedges,
Violet, Pimpernel,
Flashing with dew,
Daisy and Asphodel
Blossom anew.

Down in the bosky dells
Everywhere,

Faintly their fairy bells
Chime in the air.

Thanks to the sunshine!

Thanks to the showers!

They come again, bloom again,

Beautiful flowers!

THEOPHILUS HUNTER HILL

(Author of the first book published under copyright of the Confederate Government)

Battle of Five Forks, Virginia, 1865

April Second

At the critical moment A. P. Hill was always strongest. No wonder that both Lee and Jackson, when in the delirium of their last moments on earth, stood again to battle, and saw the fiery form of A. P. Hill leading his columns on. HENRY KYD DOUGLAS

A. P. Hill killed in front of Petersburg, 1865
Albert Pike dies, 1891

April Third

THE SOUTHERN MAGNOLIA

French blood stained with glory the Lilies,
While centuries marched to their grave;

And over bold Scot and gay Irish

The Thistle and Shamrock yet wave:

Ours, ours be the noble Magnolia,
That only on Southern soil grows,

The Symbol of life everlasting:-
Dear to us as to England the Rose.

ALBERT PIKE

("Born in Boston; but an adopted and devoted son of

Dixie")

April Fourtb

We are His witnesses; out of the dim

Dark region of Death we have risen with Him.
Back from our sepulchre rolleth the stone,
And Spring, the bright Angel, sits smiling
thereon.
JOHN B. TABB

("Easter Flowers")

April Fifth

We are His witnesses. See, where He lay
The snow that late bound us is folded away;
And April, fair Magdalen, weeping anon,
Stands flooded with light of the new-risen Sun!
JOHN B. TABB
("Easter Flowers")

April Sirtb

His character was lofty and pure, his presence and demeanor dignified and courteous, with the simplicity of a child; and he at once inspired the respect and gained the confidence of cultivated gentlemen and rugged frontiersGENERAL RICHARD TAYLOR

men.

Albert Sidney Johnston killed at Shiloh, 1862