Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along… - Alfred Edward Housman

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Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough.

Alfred Edward Housman

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About Alfred Edward Housman

Alfred Edward Housman (26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936), usually known as A.E. Housman, was an English poet and classical scholar, now best known for his cycle of poems .

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Pen Names: A. E. Housman

Alternative Names: Alfred Hausman

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Three minutes' thought would suffice to find this out; but thought is irksome and three minutes is a long time.

When I was one-and-twenty I heard him say again, "The heart out of the bosom Was never given in vain; 'Tis paid with sighs a plenty And sold for endless rue." And I am two-and-twenty And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.

Hope lies to mortals And most believe her, But man's deceiver Was never mine.

Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough. - Alfred Edward Housman

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