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APRIL'S DREAM
The stream's breath tastes of the wood's perfume,
Filled are the woods with foam:
And the sea like a sheet 'neath the summer noon,
With the languorous swerve runs home.
The beat of a pulse the warm sun stirs
In the air, the sea and stream,
Beckons the heart- and the soul allures
Forth, into April's dream.
William Stanley Braithwaite
Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age.
Albert Einstein
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The custom of playing tricks on people on April 1 began in France after a new calendar was instituted in the 16th century. Previously, the New Year had been celebrated April 1, but the new calendar switched it to the familiar January 1. Out of habit, many people continued to observe April 1 as the beginning of the year. They were known as "April fools," and eventually the custom arose of playing tricks on that day.
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