PoetrySelected 22 Sep 2026
Over The Land Is April
An English translation is being prepared. The original source remains available.
Scottish · English translation pending
Robert Louis StevensonBefore 1894
An English translation is being prepared. The original source remains available.
OVER the land is April,Over my heart a rose;Over the high, brown mountainThe sound of singing goes.Say, love, do you hear me,Hear my sonnets ring?Over the high, brown mountain,Love, do you hear me sing? By highway, love, and bywayThe snows succeed the rose.Over the high, brown mountainThe wind of winter blows.Say, love, do you hear me,Hear my sonnets ring?Over the high, brown mountainI sound the song of spring,I throw the flowers of spring.Do you hear the song of spring?Hear you the songs of spring?
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Creator: Robert Louis Stevenson
Nationality / cultural background: Scottish
Work / edition: Before 1894
Historical public-domain poem. Verse and line breaks retained.
In the source: Over The Land Is April
Selected for the Brief on 22 Sep 2026. This date records our selection, rather than when the work was created.
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