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Trees
by A. E. Housman
Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now, or simply, Loveliest of Trees, was published in Housman's
collection of 63 poems in A Shropshire Lad (1896). Housman self-published the book after being
turned down by several publishers. Themes tend to focus on unrequited love, pastoral beauty,
fleeting youth, grief, death, and patriotism.Loveliest of Trees is often assigned reading in high
school.
Source: https://americanliterature.com/author/a-e-housman/poem/a-shropshire-lad-ii-loveliest-of-
trees