Botticelli. Primavera. 1477-80.  Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze. THE SUCCESSION OF THE FOUR SWEET MONTHS. by Robert Herrick FIRST, April, she with mellow showers Opens the way for early flowers ; Then after her comes smiling May, In a more rich and sweet array ; Next enters June, and brings us more Gems than those two that went hefore : Then (lastly) July comes, and she More wealth brings in than all those three.

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