"To see the cherry hung with snow"

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"To see the cherry hung with snow"

Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 19 Dec 2010

This is the last line of A E Housman's poem from A Shropshire Lad, "Loveliest of trees, the cherry now". He was actually referring to the blossom, but this clearly shows exactly what he had in mind - the snow really does look like blossom on this cherry tree. Alongside Heathfield Terrace.

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