“The April's in her eyes: it is love's Spring,And these the showers to bring it on..”

“April hath put a spirit of youth in everything. (Sonnet XCVIII)”

“In springtime, the only pretty ring timeBirds sing, hey dingA-ding, a-dingSweet lovers love the spring—”

“It is my lady. O, it is my love!O, that she knew she were!She speaks, yet she says nothing. What of that?Her eye discourses; I will answer it.I am too bold. ’Tis not to me she speaks.Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven,Having some business, do entreat her eyesTo twinkle in their spheres till they return.What if her eyes were there, they in her head?The brightness of her cheek would shame thosestars”

“Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives.”

“So are you to my thoughts as food to life, or as sweet seasoned showers are to the ground.”

“Earth-treading stars that make dark heaven light:Such comfort as do lusty young men feelWhen well-apparell'd April on the heelOf limping winter treads, even such delightAmong fresh female buds shall you this nightInherit at my house; hear all, all see,And like her most whose merit most shall be:”