April, Fools

April comes but once a year,

April with it joy and cheer;

Comes the time for children when

They can fool the best of men;

April First, the day of fools,

In the homes, the streets, the schools.

Comes the day but once I say,–

Fools keep coming every day.

March 3 or 4, 1896

Camb. Press,

April 4, ‘97