Don't trust April

Postcard drawing of the New Milford Public Library, built in 1897-1898, as it appeared c. 1905.

“Rebellion shook an ancient dust,

and bones, bleached dry of rottenness,

Said: Heart, be bitter still, nor trust

The earth, the sky, in their bright dress.’’

— From “April Mortality,’’ by Leonie Adams (1899-1988). She spent her later years in New Milford, Conn.