Loveliest of Trees

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1 Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
is hung with bloom along the bough,
and stands about the woodland ride
wearing white for Eastertide.

2 Now of my threescore years and ten,
twenty will not come again,
and take from sev'nty springs a score,
leaving me just fifty more.

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

Source: Singing the Living Tradition #98

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Author: A. E. Housman

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First Line: Loveliest of trees, the cherry now is hung
Title: Loveliest of Trees
Author: A. E. Housman
Meter: 8.7.8.7
Language: English
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