Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
A.E.Housman
1859 to 1936
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Reconstruct the poem by dragging each line into its correct position. Your goal is to reassemble the original poem as accurately as possible. As you move the lines, you'll see whether your arrangement is correct, helping you explore the poem's flow and meaning. You can also print out the jumbled poem to cut up and reassemble in the classroom. Either way, take your time, enjoy the process, and discover how the poet's words come together to create something truly beautiful.
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Twenty will not come again,
It only leaves me fifty more.
And stands about the woodland ride
And take from seventy springs a score,
Is hung with bloom along the bough,
About the woodlands I will go
Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
To see the cherry hung with snow.
Twenty will not come again,
Fifty springs are little room,
It only leaves me fifty more.
Wearing white for Eastertide.
Wearing white for Eastertide.
Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
Fifty springs are little room,
Is hung with bloom along the bough,
And stands about the woodland ride
To see the cherry hung with snow.
About the woodlands I will go
And since to look at things in bloom
Now, of my threescore years and ten,
And take from seventy springs a score,
And since to look at things in bloom
Now, of my threescore years and ten,