Before me is stride,
Paraded by pride.
After is hope,
Her possible scope.
I'm but a girl,
Who's fourth in the whirl.
What am I?
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Paraded by pride.
After is hope,
Her possible scope.
I'm but a girl,
Who's fourth in the whirl.
What am I?
Stride, paraded by pride
perhaps a march?
Hope, her possible scope
seems like may would fit, an auxiliary verb (and feminine name) that indicates possibility, a wish, or permission.
but a girl, who's fourth in the whirl
April is another feminine name, and the fourth month of the year, falling after March and before May