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The Cherry Trees

by Edward Thomas

Edward Thomas

The cherry trees bend over and are shedding,
On the old road where all that passed are dead,
Their petals, strewing the grass as for a wedding
This early May morn when there is none to wed.




Quotes of the Day

Wise people have an inward sense of what is beautiful, and the highest wisdom is to trust this intuition and be guided by it.
• Aristotle


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