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Spend time today to see spring’s beauty. A reminder from A. E. Housman.
Loveliest of trees
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
(poem: The Loveliest of Trees by A. E. Housman (1859-1936), #II from “A Shropshire Lad“
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Loved that when I was 18. Now at my 3 score and 10, I’m a little wistful
Wistful, yes … but the poem spurred me to take a long walk & see the trees. They are beautifully dressed in whites and pinks for Eastertide. … And I see that Houseman lived to be 77 so he got seven more years than he thought he would. Wishing all of us many, many more wonderful years. 🙂
Was watching the Hays nest today and there was a Rufous Sided Towhee singing “Drink your tea!” Nice.
Approaching 3 scores and 10, appreciation of subtleties have changed. Remember memorising this poem. Never forgot the final two lines. It made me enjoy nature and especially trees. About the woodlands…..