Lyric Poem · Nature
Over The Land Is April
1OVER the land is April,
2Over my heart a rose;
3Over the high, brown mountain
4The sound of singing goes.
5Say, love, do you hear me,
6Hear my sonnets ring?
7Over the high, brown mountain,
8Love, do you hear me sing?
9By highway, love, and byway
10The snows succeed the rose.
11Over the high, brown mountain
12The wind of winter blows.
13Say, love, do you hear me,
14Hear my sonnets ring?
15Over the high, brown mountain
16I sound the song of spring,
17I throw the flowers of spring.
18Do you hear the song of spring?
19Hear you the songs of spring?
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“Over The Land Is April” by Robert Louis Stevenson — quilloak.com/poems/over-the-land-is-april
Quick facts
- Poem
- Over The Land Is April
- Poet
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Length
- 19 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem
- Themes
- Nature, Spring, Love
Craft notes
How this poem works
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- Shape
- 19 lines · 2 stanzas of 8–11 lines
- Line length
- Lines run 5-7 syllables (median 6), consistent with trimeter. No single length dominates, which is normal once elision and contraction are in play.
- Refrains
- “Over the high, brown mountain”“Say, love, do you hear me,”“Hear my sonnets ring?”Repeated lines act as the poem's hinge or drumbeat.
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- Author record
- Robert Louis Stevenson1850–1894
- Source record
- PoetryDBOver The Land Is April by robert-louis-stevenson, PoetryDB transcription
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- Not recorded in the imported source
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 db33477244463417…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.