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Loveliest of Trees, The Cherry Now  

Teyjj 56M
2572 posts
4/2/2014 5:17 am

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4/2/2014 8:15 pm
Loveliest of Trees, The Cherry Now
Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
is hung with bloom along the bough,
and stands about the woodland ride
wearing white for Eastertide.



Now, of my threescore years and ten,
twenty will not come again,
and take from seventy springs a score,
it only leaves me fifty more.



And since to look at things in bloom
fifty springs are little room,
about the woodlands I will go
to see the cherry hung with snow.

A. E. Housman
kukoocock 54M
5836 posts
4/2/2014 8:44 am

 Great poem I'd never came across it before.


There are two kinds of light, the glow that illuminates & the glare that obscures. James Thurber


sweet_VM 65F
81699 posts
4/2/2014 10:28 am

 These are my favourite trees and we have so many around my area.. hugs V
Become a blog watcher sweet_vm


Teyjj 56M
4122 posts
4/2/2014 8:13 pm
    Quoting kukoocock:
    Great poem I'd never came across it before.
English Poet and Professor of Latin, born in rural Shropshire.

One of those poems I had to suffer thru in college (not true; I did enjoy poetry in college, not so much in high school).


Teyjj 56M
4122 posts
4/2/2014 8:14 pm
    Quoting sweet_VM:
    These are my favourite trees and we have so many around my area.. hugs V
The few we have in our area don't look that great.


Teyjj 56M
4122 posts
4/2/2014 8:15 pm
    Quoting grayblue1:
    ....I grew up in Washington DC....isn't spring without the cherry blossom...

    Blue....
I've heard that. I try to photograph them whenever I see some.


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